Sentence examples for gets by on from inspiring English sources

The result is a heavy-footed film that barely gets by on one actor's charm, animated by some patently bogus-looking special effects.

Income is measured by a proxy indicating how easily one gets by on a monthly income (from 1 = very difficultly to 6 = very easily).

It is not a place where one easily gets by on birth or connections alone.

Mr. Young gets by on his wits: no one has a script for what turns out to be real life.

Even in relatively good years, the industry gets by on average global profit margins of one or two per cent.

But neither was her husband, one of those "serial womanizers" who gets by on his ability to be charming.

That one sentence, revealing her as a manipulator of men who gets by on her looks, is a tremendous turn-off.

"He gets by on his charm.

Mr. Steigmann gets by on disability benefits.

The rest of the city gets by on its wits.

Instead, it gets by on donations and grants.