Example sentences of "[is] getting near " in BNC.

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1 Speaking brightly to close the gaps , as if at a party ) : So it 's getting near Christmas .
2 ‘ Ee — well , it 's getting near my time for going home , I think I 'd better be making a move … ’
3 It 's getting near the end of the financial year .
4 ‘ There might be some spare cash floating around since it 's getting near the end of the year . ’
5 Well that 's getting near it , but not members of the police authority who are in and should have the role of non-executive directors .
6 Cos I 'm , I 'm getting desperate cos it 's getting near the actual time .
7 you 're coming near to the end of your shift you 're not waking up because it 's getting near morning whereas everybody else is , you 're finding it much more difficult to carry on because you 've gone through the whole night working , the night is well along and it becomes increasingly more difficult to stay awake so physically , spiritually , whatever way you look at it , it is certainly very difficult to stay awake in the truth today , but it is n't that difficult and it is n't er a hurdle that none of us can overcome , Jehovah says that his load is light , Jesus echoed that did n't he and it is true that if we do Jehovah 's will , Jehovah 's way , then it will be made light for us , he will help us to stay awake , but he 's not going to allow us to slumber and drift off into obscurity , but it all comes back in hinges upon us and that 's why the counsel is in verse thirteen as a day , as in a day time look , let us walk decently so we have to do something do n't we ?
8 No I do n't think it 's that , I think it 's cos it 's getting near the end of the tape .
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