Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] getting [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leeds youth justice manager Anne Oliver , who is also chairperson of the Association of Youth Justice , says she has been getting mixed messages about the first seven months of the Criminal Justice Act . |
| 2 | The star has been getting used to the infatuations of Luke-crazed girls . |
| 3 | The result of all these changes is two-fold , that the UK has been getting richer , but not as fast as the rest of the industrialized world . |
| 4 | BUT THE ROYAL SCANDAL OF THE CENTURY HAS BEEN GETTING CLOSER … |
| 5 | The problem for researchers in this country has been getting enough Yew to carry out their work . |
| 6 | He says that the river has been getting cleaner over the years so this is a setback . |
| 7 | He says that the river has been getting cleaner over the years so this is a setback . |
| 8 | If one partner has been getting statutory sick or maternity pay for a continuous period of 13 weeks or more , this is counted as income . |
| 9 | If one partner has been getting statutory sick or maternity pay for a continuous period of 13 weeks or more , this is counted as income . |
| 10 | If one partner has been getting statutory sick or maternity pay for a continuous period of 13 weeks or more , this is counted as income . |
| 11 | Before recording any detailed information on the lesson , it is important to ensure that the classroom atmosphere is such that the material and the teaching it supports are getting reasonable attention from the class . |
| 12 | He 's er , he 's been working all that time and he 's been getting two fifty . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , yes , it 's been getting worse lately , ’ says Bob Busby . |
| 14 | The pain 's been getting worse and I ca n't stop the bleeding . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's been getting worse . ’ |
| 16 | No , she 's been getting enough of that . |
| 17 | And she has a hundred and forty and he 's gotten of cans for the his mum and Stewart 's been getting some cans for the shop for his granddad and I 've been asking for permission to go into the dump and get some for there . |
| 18 | He 's been getting acting lessons and , on the phone from Tel Aviv , where he 's shooting a film called The Eleventh Station , he agrees that simple muscled heave is beginning to look a little dated . |