Example sentences of "[be] get as " in BNC.
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| 1 | She shooed him , and the old man , laughing now , obeyed her , saying , ‘ You 're gettin' as bossy as your dad . ’ |
| 2 | Rubbish , said the voice , you 're getting as hysterical as Lou … |
| 3 | The girls plan to pitch their talents against the boys at the end of term , so they 're getting as much practice as possible . |
| 4 | I think you 're getting as bad as me . |
| 5 | ‘ They are getting as good prices as the fishermen in this country but our fishermen , although perhaps disappointed at price levels , know how to behave and it is about time the Frenchmen took a leaf out of their book . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If it was n't for that poor bugger , I would be getting as pissed as a bishop 's fart in the Crossed Keys and you would be back in your decrepit church feeding that bloody cat or watching your bloody stars ! |
| 7 | ‘ Now you know the truth , the Lady Prioress is no longer needed and Ranulf must be getting as cold as I am . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't really agree with it , ’ said Armstrong whose wallet would certainly not be getting as heavy as other coaches brought in to knock teams into shape . |
| 9 | However , if our main aim had been to get as many ‘ ordinary people ’ involved as possible , this was in danger of being frustrated by the sheer bureaucracy of the process . |
| 10 | Oh it was just sold we were getting as much for the wool then as for . |
| 11 | ‘ If one of those human soldiers were to get as much as a good whiff of this hot pot of mine , well like as not he 'd be knocked clean off his feet , and should he , by some act of unforgivable negligence on our part , actually eat some — well , I for one would n't like to be held responsible . ’ |
| 12 | E 's getting as bad as thee . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's getting as bad as the days of cutthroat razors . |
| 14 | They must always be on the lookout for the stalking feline hunter , whose aim is to get as close as possible before beginning the chase . |
| 15 | The aim is to get as close as possible to the socially efficient allocation E ' ; while allowing the monopolist to break even after allowing a proper deduction for all economic costs . |
| 16 | The trick is to get as much of the system installed as you can alongside the existing system so that you can change over all in one go . |
| 17 | ‘ Off the mat ’ the club is involved in other activities , such as fitness weekend camps where the rule is to get as muddy as possible . |
| 18 | The basis of our decision before was my people work very closely say take with the national account people in right , and the main objective there is to get as much business from the corporate accounts as they 're responsible for like or whoever . |
| 19 | Our aim is to get as many points as possible and as quickly as possible . |
| 20 | God Almighty , he was getting as bad as Maurice Cullam ! |
| 21 | But just when I was feeling at home in the loin-cloth and boot polish , and when I 'd learned my lines before anyone else and was getting as competent as a little orangutan on the scaffolding , I saw that our conflicts had n't ended . |
| 22 | Well at that time I was getting as much as ten bob a week . |
| 23 | By this time I was getting as bad as Danny . |
| 24 | The TV high in the corner was tuned to KWEX and the Spanish commentator was getting as frantic as the fighters . |
| 25 | She was getting as bad as Lizzie . |
| 26 | I was concerned , Dennis has never been given any schedule since he last spoke to erm Arthur which was get as much down as you can boy . |
| 27 | The aim was to get as close as possible to the real time setting while falling short of the search itself . |