Example sentences of "get on for [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was getting on for two in the afternoon as she crossed the Rådhuspladsen on her way towards the old part of the town . |
| 2 | ABBERLEY : Getting on for five in the morning . |
| 3 | It was then getting on for three in the morning , but in the last quarter of an hour things had been getting better . |
| 4 | There seemed nothing I could usefully add to whatever Henniker might be doing , and as it was getting on for half past twelve I decided to find a pub and a sandwich . |
| 5 | If I can put it in , not , I hope , in a boastful way , but to illustrate how important this is to us , about forty per cent , getting on for half of the income of the Education Area last year , was made up not of normal University funds , but of funds attracted from outside to support research from private foundations and from government departments like the Department of Education and Science . |
| 6 | It was getting on for ten of the storm-lashed grim night clock when the headlights appeared . |