Example sentences of "get on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a stool nearby , and , climbing on this , Seddon got on to the firm edge of the sink where it met the draining board and reached up to the hatch . |
| 2 | He got on to the internal phone and asked for petty cash , not specifying any amount . |
| 3 | ‘ We were sent upstairs to address envelopes as ‘ the girls ’ ‘ , she recalls , ‘ while Clive got on with the serious business of deciding about the paper . |
| 4 | Gone are the days when professionals left the business of fees , commissions , variation charges , reimbursables and the rest to underlings whilst they got on with the interesting work . |
| 5 | After we 'd agreed the itinerary I got on with the detailed flying planning , using the new French VFR maps and the American TPC ( Tactical Pilotage Charts ) which we bought from Stamfords in London . |
| 6 | Uncle Titch just shrugged and got on with the important things in life . |
| 7 | Even a piece of her mind could cost you dearly if you got on on the wrong side of her . |
| 8 | A team of researchers from Bristol University was commissioned to examine what the YTS had to offer young black people and to indicate how they got on during the first six months of the scheme ( S. Fenton , Ethnic Minorities and the Youth Training Scheme Research and Development Series , no. 20 , MSC , 1984 ) . |
| 9 | The 1993 event started in York on 14 February and we will report on how they got on in the next issue . |
| 10 | The fact of the matter is , if we had not got on to the High Street , it would have been very difficult to justify our coming to Stockton . |
| 11 | I asked him why he had n't got on with the other passengers . |
| 12 | Ladies and gentlemen , we just before we get on with the second part of the meeting when erm , meeting erm I think I ought to tell you that erm one of our committee members died a very short while back . |
| 13 | If your debtor wo n't see you or is not available whenever you call , you can draw your own conclusions and similarly get on with the necessary action . |
| 14 | Similarly there seem to be many cultures in tropical countries where the women get on with the necessary work while the men sit around discussing matters . |
| 15 | This will involve tone as much as doctrine , but he would be as ill-advised to go on about the Government 's intention of building a classless society , which it ca n't build anyway , as to adopt the easy belief that the climate of opinion can be left to look after itself while ministers get on with the practical business of government . |
| 16 | See how you get on with the following questions : if you answer " yes ' to one or more , then we have some further work to do in this area ! |
| 17 | get on with the bloody game ! |
| 18 | Get on with the real issues . |
| 19 | and get on with the next one |
| 20 | If she could fit in a few days ' break in order to attend the wedding in Andorra she would , she promised , and Peter returned to Rocamar the next day , leaving Sarella to close one chapter of her life and get on with the next . |
| 21 | While Robinson develops his remarkable rapport with the crowd , the rest of the band take a back-seat , and simply get on with the important business of shaking their flowing locks , sporting massive Stetsons and playing their gee-tars ( man ) . |
| 22 | On Siporax , it is claimed , the bacteria have no need of this and get on with the important job . |
| 23 | And then you get on to the chemical properties of it . |
| 24 | The real conflicts arise when people get on to the cerebral cortex . |
| 25 | it 's all because of this change of money you see and then when we get on to the new |
| 26 | ‘ Get on to the American Consulate ! |
| 27 | and I do n't know if we want to agree to that straightaway in which case we get on to the next item . |
| 28 | If we 're having a training session and they feel something 's not going right , I want them to say so , to get it sorted out and get on to the next thing . |
| 29 | Right get on to the next there . |
| 30 | When he gets on to the old antibiotics he |