Example sentences of "get [adv] [adj] for this " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Must be getting too old for this globe-trotting lark , or else my mis-spent youth is catching up on me . |
| 2 | ‘ Getting too old for this sort of thing , ’ he told himself . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm getting too old for this sort of thing , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm getting too old for this kind of caper , Willi , ’ Busacher said testily . |
| 5 | Quite soon the loads on aircraft got too big for this method ( though shot-bags are still used from time to time for certain simple tests ) and nowadays the loads are applied by means of hydraulic jacks operating through very elaborate multiple lever or ‘ family tree ’ systems ; each of the hundreds of branches ends in a mechanical attachment to the wing surface . |