Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] be getting [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And talking of news , Alice , you might be interested to hear that Madeleine may be getting engaged to an army officer called Lionel Dunbar .
2 Miles , Bell and Gregory may be getting older , but there is not a First Division club who would not move in if they became available . ’
3 Edward will be getting restive . ’
4 Robert will be getting lonely , ’ said Lili .
5 Anyway , he thought they would be drifting apart a bit now , perversely but predictably because they were seeing more of each other , not just weekends ; Stock stayed the night at the horrible little place in Islington quite often , but Slater thought Sara might be getting bored with the black-leather macho man .
6 New lines in the Northern Corries must be getting scarce because only three were climbed recently , although White Magic was repeated by Graeme Ettle and quoted as straightforward V.
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