Example sentences of "get on in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm anxious to know how they got on in the woods because Otley 's always nice going in and nasty when we 're coming out . |
| 2 | Halvard — Perhaps you could let us know how he gets on in the tour games . |
| 3 | Owen asked how John Postlethwaite was getting on in the ministry . |
| 4 | It is time to go downstairs , to see how Deirdre is getting on in the kitchen , to make sure the butlers are not drinking too much . |
| 5 | Getting on in the art world has a lot to do with having the right contacts . ’ |
| 6 | She said she had n't been for a while and erm then she said they did n't really know , they wondered how she was gon na get on in the water . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm thinking of the sort of attitude that suggests the unemployed do too little to help themselves , that if only you have determination and drive you can get on in the world . ’ |
| 8 | Boys should go to school because they need the skills to get on in the world , because they will spend their lives moving between household and family and the institutions of state and nation . |
| 9 | A large , fleshy , amiable bloke with a shock of gingery brown hair and a chummy manner which concealed a burning desire to be somebody , to get on in the world , Mick ( how his new girlfriend , Amanda , hated that nickname ! ) had no real interest in the ideological struggle . |
| 10 | She meant to get on in the world . |
| 11 | Alison Rubenstein discovered at an early age that if you want to get on in the world and have a good career , hard work is not enough — qualifications can also be a great help . |