Example sentences of "getting [adv] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore a student who had a fragile grasp of particular concepts and skills would have a reduced chance of getting much further in a graduated test scheme . |
| 2 | Really she was getting off lightly with a few glasses of bleach . |
| 3 | He and others set up a rival ‘ underground ’ publication , the Shilling Paper , which , though a great success on its own terms , was useless as a credential for getting straight on to a Fleet Street paper such as the Sunday Times . |
| 4 | To him , getting up early on a Sunday seemed sacrilegious , particularly if you had a woman around . |
| 5 | You 're getting too much like a poofie actor , mate . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 're getting too much like a playboy , ’ said Mallachy . |
| 7 | That approach was also rejected , because it was getting too close to a rating system , but it would have had some logic , a factor that is entirely outwith the system with which we are now confronted . |
| 8 | I was adamant then that I would n't have it , but the idea of actually getting this far with a baby — well , I did n't want to jinx it by even thinking too much about it . |