Example sentences of "on with the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To go on with the utter silence or to break the silence , pretending nothing had happened . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He 's also just chaired a Select Committee on MPs ' working hours , which frequently collide head on with the following day . |
| 6 | S4 Many sit Standard Grade on the way to Higher and the ablest by-pass , getting on with the Higher Course . |
| 7 | Please can we get on with the serious stuff please . |
| 8 | He said then he , we could carry on with the serious stuff ! |
| 9 | There was just time for England and Australia to fit in the final Test before getting on with the serious business — serious to those for whom dollar signs are important — of dashing round the country playing game after game after game of the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | No further discussion necessary on their budget let's get on with the serious business of funding real education in Hertfordshire which we asked and in this particular case the Labour party . |
| 12 | All this conversation was carried on with the greatest difficulty . |
| 13 | Erm we 're not always privy to what goes on with the front bench , but yes we have established regular dialogue with Jack Straw and the environment team , in order that we make sure we are saying the same thing . |
| 14 | On the student 's enrolling , the practice came to be — if it was not so right from the beginning of the sixteenth century-that he chose which area he preferred to work in , whether the European or Asiatic part of the empire , and signed on with the appropriate kazasker . |
| 15 | Sharon Griffiths was travelling in a car driven by her sister when it collided head on with the stolen vehicle . |
| 16 | Then put the coin in the slot , please Rex , and we 'll get on with the new plan . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ There may be benefits for us too — if we do n't get on with the new rector he may only be here for five years , ’ said Miss Duff . |
| 18 | ‘ Not bad , ’ Gay conceded , and went on with the good work . |
| 19 | In spite of the obvious gains in recent years — and no one could be more grateful than I to Robert Runcie and all he achieved — we now need a period of calmness , of peace , to grow and get on with the real work of caring for others and serving Christ in and through others . |
| 20 | We realized that each of us would be a big story for a few days , but that would pass and then we 'd be able to get on with the real work of getting to know our families and friends again . |
| 21 | Then stratigraphical nomenclature can be forgotten and we can get on with the real work of stratigraphy , which is correlation and interpretation . |
| 22 | From a family of fish merchants , he has served on Billingsgate committees and all but despairs of ‘ them ever getting on with the real business of selling fish ’ . |
| 23 | Liz wanted to get on to the exciting bits , in which Job demanded why light was given to him that was in misery , and life to the bitter in soul : in which Job desired to argue with his God : in which the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind : but she knew it would be cheating to miss out the she-asses and skip to the livelier parts , so she plodded dully on with the dull narrative . |
| 24 | Let us get on with the Irish debate . |
| 25 | Trying to carry on with the normal routine while suffering from depression has been likened to driving a car in top gear with the brakes full on . |
| 26 | Therefore they would have to carry on with the remaining group . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | After attempting last month 's first 8-bars of the 16-bar solo from Linda Ronstadt 's That 'll Be The Day , we 'll crack on with the second half this month . |
| 29 | And erm , anyway , I 'm , I 'm sorry to have to tell you that but erm now we 'll get on with the second half of the meeting . |
| 30 | You do not say whether any fish are still alive , but if there are , carry on with the partial water changes . |