Example sentences of "i [be] getting " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Nicole and I are getting married , ’ said Sir Vivien , ‘ and we wanted you to be the first to know .
2 Clem and I are getting addicted . ’
3 Lisa and I are getting back together . ’
4 I am getting thrown a little more , but I feel stronger and better with a lot more aggression . ’
5 The list is longer , but what I am getting at is that it is going to be extremely expensive to cut down this pollution .
6 ‘ I know what I am getting into .
7 I suppose it will be the winters that will eventually finish my deep attachment to Low Birk Hatt , now that I am getting older .
8 However , I am getting the business matters straightened out and I hope it wo n't be too long before I shall have more time to spend with you . ’
9 Q I am getting married in the spring and am planning to have my hair permed nearer the time when it is longer .
10 I am getting psychiatric help , I have a supporting family and good friends and I 'm no longer ashamed .
11 It was this : the less I eat , the more I am getting away with .
12 I am getting worried because I ca n't remember — and , what is more , they are no longer playing my music.Panic stations .
13 Problem No. 7 : Still nowhere to knit and I am getting very frustrated .
14 This is the way I have learned to use my machine and although there are one or two things I still do n't quite understand , I feel that with a bit of determination and the help of your articles I am getting there .
15 Badly treated ‘ It was considerably less than I am getting this year .
16 ‘ This really shook me this morning although I am getting over it a bit now , ’ she said yesterday .
17 The money which is already in the foundation covers the refurbishing of the gallery and should also cover the kind of compensation I am getting for lending the pictures .
18 ‘ I am going away , I am getting away , I am out of place here , ’ I answered .
19 I am getting angry .
20 I am getting old , ’ Carl thought .
21 ‘ And I am getting used to picking you off battlefields , ’ Ratagan added .
22 What I am getting at is that , in these historical cases , egalitarian ideas were tied in with the presumption that the proposition " all men are born equal " can be glossed " all men ( who are people like us ) are born equal " .
23 Let me try to explain what I am getting at .
24 I am getting heartily sick of your attitude , my girl . ’
25 I know I do the same now , but at least now I am getting paid for it every day . ’
26 I am getting my own way as usual .
27 I said , ‘ I am getting off here and walking to the Astoria , where I will drink one hundred grams of port wine .
28 And now here I am getting off the train at Greenwich , as Summerchild did , instead of the next station down the line , as Jessel does .
29 But I am getting ahead of myself .
30 Not extactly about Leeds , however , I am getting married soon and need the dosh .
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