Example sentences of "getting on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because despite the mysteries and attempted murder , it was then getting on towards the mid-point of that Vadinamian bio-day . |
| 2 | But instead of getting on with the revolution , which Lowe believed was Wilson 's historic duty , Harold had immediately ‘ sold out ’ to the capitalists by adopting right-wing policies approved by NATO and the International Monetary Fund . |
| 3 | ‘ I was asking , Preston , how you were getting on with the Devil . ’ |
| 4 | Our very limited resources are all tied up in getting on with the work . |
| 5 | In any large , structured company , some people are better motivators and better at getting on with the work force than others . |
| 6 | We will get over it and I am getting on with the work in hand . ’ |
| 7 | So you wo n't have to shuffle the chops or the toast , when you could be getting on with the vegetables . |
| 8 | After all , the weather does not normally stop you getting to work , playing golf , or getting on with the rest of your life . |
| 9 | So how are you getting on with the rest of your course ? |
| 10 | Mind you , it 's always the sa like it 's the work th getting on with the machines I can sort of work through the |
| 11 | ‘ I see you 're getting on with the boots for Edward Morris 's nephew , doing a good job too by the look of it . ’ |
| 12 | The manager has to be honest , competent and use common sense , while getting on with the artist . |
| 13 | Yeah , he is , he 's very easily led , Ryan , you know , and he 's very into , you know , getting on with the gang . |
| 14 | How are you getting on with the plebs ? |
| 15 | Getting on with the neighbours is something the lucky ones among us can take for granted . |
| 16 | ‘ How are you getting on with the family history ? ’ |
| 17 | After deciding on beer — a pint for me and a half for Sally — we chatted about our golf game and then Sally asked : ‘ How are you getting on with the Brian Harley business ? ’ |
| 18 | As one who grew up in the Dark Ages and is , as a result , spiritually stunted and psychologically scarred , I regularly find myself cringing at the sight of moaning footballers and speculating , in a twisted fashion , on how much better they might play if all the energy spent on operating the jaws were to be concentrated on getting on with the game . |
| 19 | For the two women , Bumface 's dismissal merited no more than perfunctory laughter and a slight impatience with Charles for not getting on with the business of bottle opening . |
| 20 | You almost end up yearning with the RAF trainees to be back in the cockpit getting on with the business : flying . |
| 21 | Instead of getting on with the business of making toilet water , he spent his time on the racecourse and worse . |
| 22 | ‘ There they are , innocent , uncomplicated and trusting , accepting the world for what it is and getting on with the business of enjoying it . |
| 23 | Instead of ‘ getting on with the job ’ , as the horsemen say , a colt or stallion may respond to the mare with fear , aggression , or playfulness — behaviour which normal animals display towards strange or novel objects . |
| 24 | And if it was important , to us and the country , why in the world were n't we snuffing out all those niggling grievances and getting on with the job of winning ? |
| 25 | People often feel that pinpointing a precise objective wastes time that could be used more productively getting on with the job in hand . |
| 26 | Occasionally Group Captain Bennett would poke his nose in to make sure everyone was getting on with the job and not larking about . |
| 27 | But as David Bull says in his reply , even if we have misgivings about the way any campaign is handled , let's hope we are not deterred from getting on with the job in hand ! |
| 28 | For them , it is more a question of getting on with the job . |
| 29 | But we accept that there is not a customer for this work and we are getting on with the job of ensuring that the business as a whole continues to develop positively . |
| 30 | This provided a confidence that came from getting on with the job . ’ |