Example sentences of "be getting [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must be getting close now ; already Dalgliesh could see the soaring west tower and pinnacles of Ely Cathedral to the east . |
| 2 | It must be getting close |
| 3 | ‘ It must be getting bored buildings things at the moment , , he told Endill . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But he continued : ‘ Because you wo n't be getting pregnant . |
| 6 | Edward will be getting restive . ’ |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | ‘ You must be getting awful cabin-fever stuck in all day , ’ said Emma , as they pushed through the lancing wind . |
| 9 | And suddenly in French , in a voice as shrill as a station-master 's whistle , ‘ Rosette — come back ! that lemonade must be getting hot . ’ |
| 10 | Christ , he thought to himself , I must be getting desperate . |
| 11 | Eventually you will reach the point where you will wonder why one thumb appears to be getting tired and will look down to find that you were holding on a lot of stick trim without even being aware of it ! |
| 12 | For the most cheering news out of Greece today is that the country may at last be getting tired of the bumbly , floppy politics of the past . |
| 13 | I must be getting tired : Anya 's binding spell has packed more of a punch than I expected . |
| 14 | Crumble the softened butter into the flour , sprinkling in the rice flour or cornflour at intervals , as and when the butter seems to be getting sticky . |
| 15 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
| 16 | It was a good fuck , but hurried , as Hairy Back would be getting anxious . |
| 17 | Kinnear said : ‘ It was a marvellous display by our lads — but the fans up here seem to be getting hysterical . |
| 18 | So just with that trick there are a lot of words now that you 'll be getting right yeah . |
| 19 | You should be getting similar answers to similar questions . |
| 20 | It 's your generation should be getting killed , not ours ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well , basically you 'll be getting used to experiencing sexual feelings , mainly by learning to arouse yourself and coping with resulting power surges . |
| 22 | He should be getting used to it by now , but instead he was almost ashamed of the place where he lived . |
| 23 | ‘ The only thing will be getting used to no air-conditioning , but I think I can live with that . |
| 24 | I said to her what the hell would anybody be getting involved in all that damp nonsense for ? |
| 25 | This is an incredible area to be getting involved in . |
| 26 | ‘ And besides , ’ she added briskly , ‘ this would be a bad time for me to be getting involved with anything serious . |
| 27 | She says the branch will be getting involved in potentially controversial planning applications . |
| 28 | Candidate Peter Bergg said his party would not be getting involved in the negative campaigning used by Labour and Conservatives . |
| 29 | I have at this point tried to bring in some preliminary notions of stress and prominence without giving a full explanation ; by this stage in the course it is important to be getting familiar with the difference between stressed and unstressed syllables , and the nature of ‘ schwa ’ , but the subject of stress is such a large one that I have felt it best to leave its main treatment until later . |
| 30 | Labour 's prospective parliamentary candidate Alan Milburn , who campaigned against the plan , added : ‘ I am absolutely delighted to hear Darlington wo n't be getting US-style private medical care . ’ |