Example sentences of "get [verb] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whistling to himself , Henry laid the table , while , in the corner of the kitchen , Maisie finished her last chocolate bar and got to work on a packet of crisps , a tube of Rollos , half a pound of jellybabies and a jumbo bar of Turkish delight . |
| 2 | I 've never got stopped on a bike . |
| 3 | Well it means I 've got to go on a Thursday so if you run out of money on a Tuesday with run out . |
| 4 | First of all the as you I think you touched on the board 's got to work on a budget . |
| 5 | you know I stood and asked who 's got to do on a machine ? , and everybody said they 've got them , they 've got a mark folder and they 've got I do n't see that |
| 6 | I 've just got to put on a swimsuit , ’ she muttered , taking a nervous step backwards . |
| 7 | ‘ Now we 've got to decide on a wedding date . |
| 8 | Yeah , still it means you have n't got to get on a train or |
| 9 | The Co-op butcher was , had got his own shop lower down You could get everything in that one street and now in this modern age , we 've got nothing , we 've got to get on a bus and get into Walsall and so this is where it , we get infuriated because you know , in this progress we 've lost out have n't we ? |
| 10 | You know , it has n't all got to happen on a Sunday . |
| 11 | One of the top skills a driver 's got have on a road if he 's gon na maintain safety . |
| 12 | ‘ The bag may well have saved your life , first by doubling as a lifebelt , then by getting caught on a needle of rock in the inlet . |
| 13 | I do n't know why , if he gets put on a murder case he 's there for three weeks in a hotel , it 's easy he said well I , you 'll be able to come over if you want to it 'll be like sitting at work , no one will know |
| 14 | To put it into some form of perspective it is perhaps worth reviewing the whole issue of how fonts get displayed on a computer screen and why the method chosen to display them has become so important . |
| 15 | If we use up almost all our ration of luck in our theory of how life gets started on a planet in the first place , then we are allowed to postulate very little more luck in subsequent parts of our theory , in , say , the cumulative evolution of brains and intelligence . |
| 16 | Getting started on a rehabilitation regime sometimes requires help with detoxification , a process to remove excess chemicals from the body . |
| 17 | Once people get hooked on a show you have them . ’ |
| 18 | I mean it 's the old story , is n't it , one person who gets killed on a Bank Holiday car crash is not news but four getting killed together is a disaster , is newsworthy , I mean that 's the way it works . |
| 19 | Get working on a fitness programme to suit you — it will alleviate that post-winter sluggish feeling too . |
| 20 | So you get paid till half past twelve Christmas Eve look , so it 's thirteen seventy five till twelve that we normally get paid on a Friday . |
| 21 | William says both his parents were riding enthusiasts and he got put on a horse at the age of three … his mother used to ride for Britian in the sixties and she 's encouraged him to compete … it used to terrify him at first and he never dreamt he 'd be good enough to compete … |
| 22 | The ministers could then get to work on a directive to turn the votes into law . |
| 23 | And he says there was sixty , he says , he says he 's seen a hundred horses standing to get shod on a morning . |
| 24 | Races could only get going on a majority vote of the Student Union , and then only if it was quorate . |
| 25 | Still , she could get started on a draft . |