Example sentences of "get [adv] to work " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the summer 's day that Michael Caine was being interviewed , he and the researcher sat and watched Wimbledon on the telly together for an hour or so before they got down to work . |
| 2 | Two minutes later , after Paul had threatened the loss of the contract , he had picked up his brush again and , grumbling , got down to work . |
| 3 | She pulled a fresh pile of paper from her desk drawer , sharpened her pencil and got down to work . |
| 4 | The timing of the Bayeux speech — after the popular rejection of the first assembly 's draft and before a second assembly got down to work — suggests strongly that de Gaulle made it with the aim of influencing the constitution-making process . |
| 5 | It was when Trudie Sheppard retired that she really got down to work . |
| 6 | Within days he was back in London , reporting to his Executive that the strike was hopeless and that the members should be got back to work . |
| 7 | Yesterday he said : ‘ I 'm pleased I 've got back to work as I was getting bored at home . |
| 8 | Sleep , wake , cook , eat , go in , switch on light , examine prisoner , get down to work , finish work , write up notebook , sleep , wake , cook , eat . |
| 9 | ‘ Evelyn , get down to work . ’ |
| 10 | Get down to work , she told herself . |
| 11 | It was only once she was sure that Emily was asleep that she would pull out her plastic bag and get down to work . |
| 12 | You get ‘ funny ’ results for the first couple of weeks … lets hope that we learn lessons , and get down to work . |
| 13 | Initially girls would waste a lot of time being polite to one another rather than getting things done : too polite to choose a chief and get down to work . |
| 14 | It 's amazing how much time can be spent getting down to work — without actually doing any ! |
| 15 | As the legal experts pore over the intricacies of recording unmet need , care managers are getting down to work . |
| 16 | When he arrived , getting down to work was the last thing on his mind . |
| 17 | I thought the best thing to do was spare Oliver 's blushes , so I murmured something about getting off to work . |
| 18 | So get back to work , stream down those torch beams , work overtime , burn the candle at both ends , slog on when I 'm asleep , and remember , I 'm supporting you . |
| 19 | Save energy and get back to work |
| 20 | Announcing an extra 50,000 places on Government training schemes she promised to ‘ do all I can to help unemployed people get back to work ’ . |
| 21 | Three and a half minutes left of your lunch hour , quick get back to work . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll ignore that last bit , Myra ; all I want to do is get this apology for a holiday over and get back to work . ’ |
| 23 | Of course , unemployment brings great difficulties in its train and no one regrets that more than I. That is why in recent months we have put in place the widest range of measures that we have ever had to help unemployed people get back to work . |
| 24 | Now dry your eyes and get back to work . ’ |
| 25 | Probably yes , but what 's really happening is , you 're watching television and half your mind is taking it in , and the other half of your mind 's thinking , when I get back to work tomorrow , I 'm going to do so-and-so and so-and-so , because , yes , I 'll do , and you 're really chewing over the problems of today . |
| 26 | I 've just got to get them out of the way before I get back to work . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Get back to work . |
| 28 | He just wants to get fit , and get back to work . |
| 29 | ‘ The number of people becoming unemployed has eased over recent months and more people are leaving unemployment and getting back to work , ’ she said . |
| 30 | I will therefore be looking at the range of measures on offer to ensure that as we come out of the recession they offer unemployed people practical and effective help in getting back to work . ’ |