Example sentences of "[vb past] i [be] getting " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized I was getting extremely slushy , and tried firmly to pull myself together . |
| 2 | I realised I was getting too old . |
| 3 | When I first started I were getting fourteen shilling a day . |
| 4 | Sometimes I tried to go as fast as I could , but it was easy to let the sail out and slow down if I felt I was getting out of control . |
| 5 | After four awful years , I finally felt I was getting somewhere . |
| 6 | But now I feared I was getting too old for romantic friendships . |
| 7 | You knew I was getting wed . |
| 8 | It was painful and the more painful it became the nearer I knew I was getting . |
| 9 | I thought I was getting David and maybe a few personal possessions , but when he actually turned up , he was with a friend in a very large van , and this rather ethereal , thin , slightly spotty figure that was David in those days , dressed in extremely scruffy clothes , emerged from this van carrying a twelve string guitar , which it transpired was a present from Pete Townshend . |
| 10 | Whit says : ‘ My mum thought I was getting an education and was sending me £200 a month for rent and food . |
| 11 | I was put on the road with Lynyrd Skynyrd when they thought I was getting too big for my DMs , but they were real wild men and I liked them a lot and we got on very well . ’ |
| 12 | The teachers were very helpful and caring , and for the first few days I thought I was getting on quite well with my new classmates . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought I was getting you to . ’ |
| 14 | Then a reaction set in , I thought I was getting a silly schoolgirl hero-pash on him , and the other thing began to happen . |
| 15 | I thought I was getting to him . |
| 16 | Take one of those , I 've taken one , take loads of copies Three procedures coming out I thought I was getting it already anyway laughing scattering the whole process . |
| 17 | I thought I was getting the hang of it quite well ! ’ |
| 18 | As there were a number of Wall 's stickers on the van , I thought I was getting ices of their make . |
| 19 | I thought I was getting Steven . |
| 20 | it was only ten to eight and I got up because I thought I was getting late for work and I 'd better get moving . |
| 21 | whatever Murray said I was getting a bit bored with Michael . |
| 22 | said I was getting better she 's telling off . |
| 23 | I said I was getting quite concerned about something . |
| 24 | I 've been putting it out just as he 's walked in , I said I 'm getting good me at this tea . |
| 25 | Yes no I said I 'm getting my B T's in offer in have n't got them . |
| 26 | I said I 'm getting more enjoyment out of . |
| 27 | I had I 'm getting that way tomorrow night ! |