Example sentences of "got on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might have got on to the motorway . ’ |
| 2 | It had been he himself , Lewis , who had finally got on to the man there who was in the process of completing the proofs for the forthcoming seminal opus entitled Pre-Conquest Craftsmanship in Southern Britain , by Theodore S. Kemp , MA , DPhil ; the man who had been closeted with Kemp that fateful morning , and who had confirmed that Kemp had not left the offices until about 12.30 p.m . |
| 3 | How had he got on to the subject of Yasser Arafat ? |
| 4 | Why had he got on to the subject of Yasser Arafat ? |
| 5 | Other medieval houses that are replicated medieval houses just have n't got on to the textiles in the way that we have . |
| 6 | Once I 'd got on to the continent I 'd walk there if I had to . |
| 7 | When Toby had gone , the headmaster got on to the organizer of the Championships . |
| 8 | By that time I 'd really stopped noticing whether people are male or female and just got on with the physics . |
| 9 | Then she wonders why we have n't got on with the work . |
| 10 | It was amazing that someone who had won the British Open three times and come second once over the past four years should have to qualify , but the boss just got on with the job . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's got on with the job in a pleasant and professional manner . |
| 12 | It was the House of Commons , and the Cabinet and the Prime Minister that came from the Commons , that Bagehot saw as the efficient working parts of the Constitution as these got on with the job of actually running the show . |
| 13 | There are plenty of ‘ success stories ’ where governments have not intervened , or where it has not even been acknowledged that farmers and pastoralists have quietly got on with the business of conservation for themselves , and frequently provided sustainable surpluses for the market as well . |
| 14 | All but he wanted to know how Stephen had got on with the police . |
| 15 | Perhaps f just wanted to go back to find out why f had n't got on with the place when everyone else had ! |
| 16 | ‘ What have you got on under the leather stuff ? ’ |