job in hand

I looked away, more concerned about the job in hand.

After that, there was never time to think of anything but the job in hand.

A few words about the job in hand, that's all.

I dragged my attention back to the job in hand.

He had worked hard at his cure then, because it was the job in hand.

Or maybe he just had his mind totally focused on the job in hand.

He had a rule: stick to the job in hand.

Concentrating on the job in hand will be extra hard today.

This matters even more than the job in hand: Success for the club.

The manager was a fool, concerned only with the job in hand.

Just as often he would say: Never ever get distracted from the exact job in hand.

No cattle to worry about tonight he thought and settled down to the job in hand.

He has never flinched from the job in hand,' said the judges.

So the sooner you cut loose from them, head south and get on with the job in hand, the better for all concerned.

I require each member of this team to devote their complete attention to the job in hand.

They were reticent, however, as to the immediate job in hand.

Many foreign students arrive with one job in hand and then find a second one.

She was, in a word, too gentle for the job in hand.

We have to make them concentrate what they have on the job in hand.

The job in hand was getting Jodie to her office, safe and secure.

But the squad will not lose sight of the real job in hand which is the next game against Argentina.

He may have felt that she was not applying herself to the job in hand with much verve.

The job in hand was ideal for testing the efficiency of the apparatus.

Let's forget it all now, shall we, and just get on with the job in hand?"

There was no doubt in William's mind as to the job in hand.