How To Use Get on In A Sentence

The sheer volume is so overwhelming that the police cannot get on top of it. The Sun
Of course, it was snuffed out because Mars is tectonically dead, so the recycling of chemicals that you get on Earth which keeps things going and supplies the surface biosphere would have actually ceased on Mars a lot earlier.
The first is to wonder why, if the government knows that it wants to impose a ban, does it not get on with it? Times, Sunday Times
It would free us up time to get on with scrubbing ourselves with carbolic soap…
The sheer volume is so overwhelming that the police cannot get on top of it. The Sun

The Act enshrines principles social workers fought hard to get on the statute book.
Anybody can be anybody they want when they are sitting in mommies basement with nothing to do but get online and call people dumbasses. Is “The Fourth Kind” real or fake? Secrets revealed » Scene-Stealers
So get on down the bierkeller, even if everyone knows the figures are next to meaningless. Times, Sunday Times
We get only very little rain during the South West monsoon.
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who chairs an investigative subcommittee that will hold a hearing on the report today, said the Obama administration should "get on with it and actually debar the worst of the tax cheats from the contractor workforce. GAO report: Tax cheats received billions in stimulus funds
Those buyers not up to speed might find they are left behind in the scramble to get onto the property ladder. Times, Sunday Times
Leaders like that get only the bare minimum of effort and never rouse employees to cooperative activity.
At worst that could mean ejection from the postgraduate social work course he'd sweated blood to get on to. FORESTS OF THE NIGHT
If I were to wait until some kind of separate road system for cycles is introduced, a dicky heart would have taken me to my grave before I managed to get on my bike.
There is also a Site you can go to to talk to people that have PML OR are care givers of people with PML who are unable to get on a computer to write: health. groups.yahoo.com I was one of these people at one time when I was bed ridder for THREE months and given 2 weeks to live. WN.com - Financial News
It used to be that any teen who wanted a summer job could get one.
Just a little tip for those trying to raise money - spamming people is not a way to get on their good side.
He tried to get on to many trials but he just didn't fit the criteria - they are very strict. The Sun
When on horseback his legs hardly reached the lower body-line of his mount, and only his extreme agility enabled him to get on successfully. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life
The cool-headed 37-year-old took hold of one of the men, who had a handgun, but he broke free and pointed the gun at her, saying ‘Back off or you'll get one’.
Instead the carabinieri started them off with just three bullets each and a target only seven meters away. The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
You're so good with people today and clear up any kind of misunderstanding - and then get on with enjoying all the festivities. The Sun
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Head lice are small, wingless insects that can get on the hair and scalp of humans.
It's also shaped like a bra so it's easier to get on and off - I hook the eyelets while wearing it backwards and then shift the bra around to get my arms through it.
I know that there is some stiff competition in the house and I will have to be at my most erudite and witty best to get one over on some of these lads and lasses I will be entombed with.
On the rifle range, Wesley purposely missed the target on his first few tries.
Adam had distributed the instruments among the unarmed men of the Caves, and told them to get on with bugle practice. KARA KUSH
If Khan was actually up to something, there was no way the ingrown CIA was ever going to get onto it before it happened---whatever" it "was. FALLOUT
It's really too bad that far too much time is spent running around them either looking for the next ledge to jump to, or trying to find which switch to throw so you can get on with the killing.
Something that she'd be happy to give up for six months if it leaves her more time to get on with the dusting? Times, Sunday Times
We just want a fair shake and hopefully we're going to get one. Times, Sunday Times
I need more British conditioners, motivators, coaches and managers to get on my wavelength.
A speedy resolution of the issue would be most welcome, so that we can get on with the business of cricket. Times, Sunday Times
But you have to get on with it. The Sun
They should get on with the job because the country is going down the gutter. Times, Sunday Times
Well, if you let me see your ticket, I'll make sure you two girls get on the right train so you don't miss your ferry.
The crowd managed to break through the barriers and get onto the pitch.
Opponents of subsidies get one thing right: they can stifle innovation. Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes, though, I don't always get on the bandwagon before it rolls out of the gate.
HOW far can your car get on a tenner of fuel? The Sun
They travel to Philadelphia for a plane to Boston where they will get on a coach for the four-hour journey to the resort.
Americans need to get one thing straight: The Central Intelligence Agency is a spiritual descendent of Hitler's Gestapo. Obama May Let CIA Torturers Walk
People here just want to get on with their lives and not bother with a toffee-nosed Tory from the south-east.
Paquin calmly flays him with words; she makes it clear that this is not something she'll put up with and that he needs to get his head on straight and get on with it. Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: The Romantics
Why was George so interested in the history of economic thought that he was willing to devote a substantial amount of his time and energy to helping a new, struggling, rinky-dink journal get on its feet?
After a further reconnaissance the ice ahead proved quite unnegotiable, so at 8.30 p.m. last night, to the intense disappointment of all, instead of forging ahead, we had to retire half a mile so as to get on a stronger floe, and by 10 p.m. South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917
The aim was to dampen demand from the buy-to-let sector and free more stock for those struggling to get on to the property ladder. Times, Sunday Times
Then once you have decided to start revising, don't just sit there until the day of your first exam colouring in revision timetables when you haven't actually done any revising, get on with it.
All that was necessary to test that hypothesis was to get on a ship and go to one of these uncharted areas and see.
No formal qualifications are required for the work - you'll get on-the-job training.
Well, Herr Barbour, go down the road in plainclothes and try to get one single black man to shake your hand and come away with a clear notion of who the untermensch is ... DNC: Barbour 'defended the indefensible'
I haven't seen it yet, and don't intend to, because altho' I was a - fan is too strong a word, I was a *fan* of Battle of the Planets and Starblazers and Voltron, but I watched and liked the series when it was running tho' I thought it rather simplistic and corny by comparison to the other shows I mention - I have heard so much that sounds depressing and Othering about it as a liberal woman, that I don't really need to spend any of my scanty budget on seeing CGI and explosions. Proper Credits for Transformers
Forget one suitcase (which was found), imagine losing everything.
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them.
In this situation, the solution to full trains is apparently to hector people not to get on; the solution to full platforms is to stop people getting down to the platform; the solution to crowded stations is to close the station.
The schedules are the way they are and we have to get on with them. The Sun
Oh for goodness sake, stop pratting around and get on with your work!
Get on your fanciest dress and get all dolled up!
In the event you dont know what the unthinkable is .... it is her getting her butt kicked as is happening now. pretty soon this BS will be over and the country can get on with electing our next president. Full Michigan delegation with half-vote to be seated by Dems
It was Mark's leaving do - the second of his I've attended in the last year - so we all bundled down to La Perla on Charlotte Street where it was buy one get one free at the bar.
It's a modern-day fairy tale, folks, because, you see, they did get on the telly after all.
Like many young people, they struggled to get onto the property ladder. Times, Sunday Times
If you go there and shy away from tackles they get on top of you. The Sun
IF you are struggling to get on to the job ladder, it could be time to temp. The Sun
We get one scene where a gas station (the same from then end of the first film?) is surprise attacked by a hundred foot Transformer looking robot; it just kind of creeped up on them, understandably. REVIEW: Terminator Salvation « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more
Most people can't read small print without glasses when they get on in years.
I can lend you a spare key to the store until you get one cut .
The idea is that he will be used as a makeweight in a deal to get one of their prisoners back.
Somebody objected and told him to get on with playing the piano. Times, Sunday Times
One night, unable to find a suitable weapon in the house, he stormed outside to the woodpile to get one of the right length and shape.
I'll get onto the director and see if he can help.
The annual budget only comes into force once the President of the Parliament has signed it.
The country spends a third of its budget on servicing its debt to western banks.
Something told us that I would need to wear something bright and cheerful to get on with my day.
In October, supervisors learned the county was $ 10.7 million over budget on its energy costs.
Don't you get one day of declaring your candidacy for the White House before you have to answer a dumb, horse-race question like that?
I am a newbie to Linux and I need all of the input I can get on the fine points of any process.
After confronting mum and dad, I have been able to get on with my life but I still bare the emotional scars and visual torments of dreams and visions.
When I wouldn't budge, the eejit in the high-performance car, decided to drive along the grass verge to get past me, such was his rush to get onto the carriageway.
And when it comes to using a label maker to organize my linen closet (when I get one) or having an entire barn full of Thanksgiving-themed dinnerware, all I can say is better her than me.
Shareholders will get one new bonus share for each share held. Times, Sunday Times
They've stood in long lines to get on commuter trains, they have crowded on to ferries, they've carpooled with strangers.
Back on home turf, he has clearly decided to get on the front foot. Times, Sunday Times
When Jones shook his head, Cochrane said harassedly; "Better get one picked out. Operation: Outer Space
Perhaps then ministers would learn to issue directives and allow people to get on with things, instead of the seeming constant interference. Times, Sunday Times
Photos released by the Mexican navy showed several sunburned fishermen in T-shirts and Bermudas waiting to get on a bus. Mexico may call off rescue in boat capsizing
Brumbies coach David Nucifora was pleased with the performance of his team, especially the forwards, who where able to get on top of the heavier Bulls pack in scrums.
‘It was an idea I'd had for a while to make a CD of local unsigned musicians and give the profits to charity; and I realised if I wanted to do I should just get on with it,’ said Dave.
You only get one summer holiday a year. Times, Sunday Times
You just get on with life and keep going. Times, Sunday Times
I hadn't intended to get one - it was an impulse buy.
A wiser response to the apparent inexpressibility of statements about God may be simply not to express them, and just get on with the gardening. Books, Inq. — The Epilogue
Now, whether you seek our civilisation in religion, language, values, aesthetics or habits of thought, you get only a myth or a sniff of it, never the real thing.
When cruising effortlessly at 100 km/h with the six-speed auto in top it's doing just 1600 rpm, but get on the gas and it sprints away, emitting a nice V8 burble in the process.
The budget should hit the $136 billion target on the nose.
And then I get on with my morning, a seething mass of bitterness and bile. Times, Sunday Times
A few weeks ago, in an effort to cut my 2.5-mile treadmill run to under 30 minutes, I popped in "Vision Quest," the 1985 film about a high-school wrestler who comes of age while pursuing a single-minded obsession to get on the mat with the state's chiseled-from-stone champion grappler. Don't You Forget About Them
Now BUY one Recliner GET one free Swing table.
I didn't get on with her at work either - we fought like cat and dog.
The only thing to do is let them get on with it and do what they want. Times, Sunday Times
Invest in an airtightness test, particularly if your budget only allows for one or two rooms. Times, Sunday Times
Four people with reserved seats were waiting to get on.
Oh all right then... you can only get one pole in a pair of curtains. The Sun
When Deacon did get on he calmly drilled over a sideline conversion with his only shot at goal.
The survey shows you don't want to be a teetotaler if you want to get on in your job.
Like Nate said, not knowing what you are going to get on a trail cam is what makes one exciting to have. Wolfing One Down...
We can get on perfectly well without her.
Being a likeable person you get on well with neighbors and friends.
Almost by a miracle, the captain clutched at the bobstay and managed to get one hand up and over the bowsprit. Chapter XIX
I nodded and took the headcollar from him, and told him I'd see to Indigo, and he could go and get on with putting the oats through the crushing machine ready for the morning feeds. Bonecrack
Most people get only one attack of shingles, but for an unlucky minority it can be a recurrent problem. Times, Sunday Times
Of course there are highly publicised stories of high profile cons being attacked i. e Huntly, but in the main, cons just want to get on with their sentence and get the hell out of there and if scoring some smack from a beastie helps dull the process then they WILL associate with them. on January 29, 2007 at 11: 02 am | Reply Notacriminal Silly Me « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them.they make them.
There should never be any possibility that chametz would get on her Passover Machzor.
Placed too high up on a sailboat's mast, the radar might miss seeing a nearby target on the windward side when a boat is heeled over.
You are not a rugby player very long and you get one crack at it. Times, Sunday Times
Currently almost one in five people in the UK – 9.2 million – do not have internet access, and Lane Fox is using the prospect of a digitised 2012 Olympics to try to galvanise as many people as possible to get online. Digital learning joins the race online
Across the country there are countless people who quietly try in ways they can manage to help people get on. Times, Sunday Times
God also wants to be serenaded, so get on your knees and sing about your love for God in whatever cultural mode and genre touches your heart most deeply. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
After ever-increasing amounts of verbal diarrhoea from Kinnear culminated in his new contract codswallop, the best thing he can do now is keep his trap shut in public and get on the "trombone" to try and pull us out of the proverbial. Soccer Blogs - latest posts
But, time and tide having waited impatiently in the wings, occasionally shaking their watches, I had really better get on and do some work before my next happy hour of the day finds me seriously behindhand.
Foreign Secretary William Hague also used the term "good-natured" to describe the talks, telling ITV1 television: "They get on very well. Reuters: Top News
They spend a fair slice of the budget on research and development.
Auddie murphy I knew this one at least. and to MLH it's being given posthumously because nowadays it seems that the only way you get one is to die for it just goes to show people's commitment to country there a godsend and deserve even more recognition. Here's one probably too easy for Del. Who was the most decorated soldier during WW2 and of all time?
You are not a rugby player very long and you get one crack at it. Times, Sunday Times
Hurry, she must be thinking, hurry up and finish, I'm drunk and need a bed for the night and they'll be along with the money for the letters soon, so get on with it and spend your spunk, you great ugly lout of a dockhand ... Ripping Time
This is how the edge of the forest mocks a birdwatcher: though I'm looking intently for warblers, vireos, and tanagers, I get only house sparrows.
Make no mistake, they are betting on a bailout, because they know they won’t be around in 6mo if they don’t get one. Waldo Jaquith - Incentives for G.M., not a bailout.
He then proceeded to tell me that without a shadow of a doubt he should be able to get online right now or he was going to cancel his account.
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them.
As for ambi ... get one fitted on your Kimber and be happy. David E.
E-petitions are the latest manifestation of slacktivism, the search for the ultimate feel-good that derives from having come to society's rescue without having had to actually get one's hands dirty or open one's wallet.
The crowd managed to break through the barriers and get onto the pitch.
How many times you've had to manipulate URLs to get only the file name part or the folder path?
June 8, 2009 at 3: 09 pm hullo Denny – wanted to know, beyond winning the blighty brolly, is there a legit way to get one? UKTV’s Blighty and British Designer Ted Baker Join Forces « Art & Business of Motion
In the beginning, what led you to get on stage and do comedy without telling jokes?
Let him pay the penalty and get on with it. Times, Sunday Times
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them.
I love duck hunting but it's hard for me to get on the water at 5 in the morning and then have my hunt over in 10 minutes because I have taken my bag limit.
He should, he knew, speak with some sense of colloquialism if he was to get on with this stonebreaker, a person for whom he had a certain removed sympathy. Waysiders
After driving for so long on the gravel I was glad to get on an even stretch of road.
Keep a clean cloth handy to wipe off any drips or overspray that may get onto the tracks.
You can nag them for weeks to pack a lunch for school, or you can make it clear that packing a lunch is their job, and then let them forget once or twice. The Social Science of Raising Happy Kids - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
Things get on and thrive at the expense of other things, so the bigger the calamity for one section, the better the opportunity for another. Times, Sunday Times
Let's get one thing straight - Dashiell Hammett is the greatest author of hard-boiled detective fiction there ever was, or ever will be.
I'll take off my clothes in protest of this taxation and get on his back, side-saddle. My Crush on Daniel Ortega
Take your children for a drive following that route, so they know where to get on and off.
Businesses are hungry to get on the Web to market their products both in Iran and to the outside world.
You only get one bite at the cherry in life.
He has a working knowledge of French, but for some reason does not get on well with the French boys.
No, you must play underhand with me, knowing that this billet was the one chance for me to get on my feet again. Bunches of Knuckles
But now, hinney, ye maun help me to catch the beast, and ye maun get on behind me, for we maun off like whittrets before the whole clanjamfray be doun upon us; the rest o 'them will no be far off.' Guy Mannering — Complete
So lets forget my own personal disasters and get on with the business at hand, that is voting on tomorrows story, start voting now.
Along the way there were stories and rumours that the two did not get on but Serena is adamant that the duo are not involved in a bitter feud.
The rest of us want to get on with our lives in peace and harmony. Times, Sunday Times
Sounds to me like you've got all the mental/spiritual equipment you need and should just get on with it!
I am someone who is usually open to looking a bit foolish or ridiculous, but I'm a classically trained singer and as much as I would *love* to be able to get on a stage and rock out in front of people, the idea terrifies me. Hello, Rooftops. This is me shouting. | Perfection Quest
If you get on the wrong side of Miss Trunchbull she can liquidise you like a carrot in a kitchen blender.
Be positive about your future and get on with living a normal life.
A makeover isn't just something that happens to the lucky few that get onto TV and have the pick of London's best make-up artists, hairdressers and stylists.
He failed to get on board when the stars were tackling a bobsleigh run. The Sun
She found it difficult to get on with her[Sentencedict], possibly because of the difference in their ages.
You can't simply shrug and just get on with your life. The Sun
Again, a student starts to feel trapped, and they're in a house where they don't get on with their housemates.
The schedules are the way they are and we have to get on with them. The Sun
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Re-skilling Britain may be a worthy objective, but it's more likely to be achieved by officials and politicians butting out, cutting the burden of regulation and taxation, and letting business people get on with the wealth-creation job that they know far better than any government ever will. Ed Miliband's New Labour economics
Light another panatella, and get on the your horse, we have a race to win.
I get on for heaven cemetery, where are you now?
Neither of us told the other to shut up and get on with emptying the dishwasher. Times, Sunday Times
I urge you all to get one of those, and you will see how much carbon dioxide is in your area real quick. Obama: We are running short on time for climate deal
When unable to get online, discomgoogolation takes over. Gaj-It.com - UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and Shopping
You can get on your phone or computer and let the world know. Times, Sunday Times
The ad, which Let Freedom Ring PAC is currently trying to get on the radio, coldly describes Frank Murkowski's decision to pass his Senate seat onto his daughter, Lisa, after he was elected governor in 2002. Lisa Murkowski Painted As 'Princess,' Crybaby In Conservative Ad (VIDEO)
The word condom reminds me again that I need to get in and get on the pill. Ellen Hopkins: Crank Trilogy
He just wants to get on with life after a failed marriage. The Sun
We get on so well and want to enjoy this fantastic experience. The Sun
I didn't get on with her at work either - we fought like cat and dog.
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them.
His mindset is to forget the US Open and get on with playing this week and the week after.
From this description, someone could easily infer that the first 400 would have the special backstamp, and so should order early to make sure they get one of the "special" pieces. MousePlanet
You have just got to suck it up and get on with it. Times, Sunday Times
I'd rather face up to the finality and get on with my life, lonely or not, for as long as it lasts.
Get on with life and don't sit back and mope.
No big deal? well ... thing is if the subtitle module is ticked I get an extremely annoying "doop" noise every two seconds. (the noise you get on XP if a program fails to open) so i think subtitles should be not be ticked as default. AfterDawn: Software updates
If you get one area wrong, it impacts on the rest of the brand.
I can remember the thrill of not knowing what I would get on Christmas morning.
After spending 5-7K for a Rocky Mtn hunt, the ammo is the most important item you will use, as you mostly get only one shot at a TROPHY. When is a Rifle Not Accurate Enough?
About the worst anyone can substantiate is that Obama derailed another Democrat or two for using fake signatures to get on the ballot. Whither McCain on Stevens’ Indictment? - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
Young people who can afford to get on the property ladder will save money over renting in terms of monthly bills. Times, Sunday Times
I was going to look through the book in my lunch hour, but of course I didn't get one…
It's got to be better than stopping people in the street who'll quickly make up any old tosh just to get away and get on with their daily duties.
The squire, Sir John Boileau, and the vicar, the Reverend Mr Andrew, were both highly literate men who didn't get on - and both kept diaries, largely about each other.
Get on my imaginary cross-country, whistle-stopping train, President Obama, and remind people it was the railroads that fostered the nation's economic progress a century ago. Murray Fromson: Some Inescapable Truths
Of course, over time, you expect that that levels out and we are now at the period where hopefully the coverage will be fifty-fifty and we get on with the election campaign.
We all get on and enjoy being around each other so it's good. The Sun
These manipulative attempts to get one's own way are sometimes referred to as "passive aggression" or "indirect aggression".
The only point I was making in my initial psot is that graft is Brown's specific mess - not something other have cooked up whilst he number crunched in the Treasury for a decade, or was too busy to get on top of as he possed as the saviour of the world in recent months. Who Does this C*** think he is?
So we get only 30 per cent of the oxygen we could do with. The Sun

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