Example sentences of "[noun sg] be getting [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | McDunn really wants to help , I can see that , but he 's under pressure , too ; the circumstantial evidence against me is so strong people who do n't know the details of the case are getting impatient over the lack of progress . |
| 2 | Yeah , but I 'm finding this I 'm doing this patterns thing and it 's all about transformations and that , and I , and there 's so much gobbledegook with it that I 'm I 'm ge I 'm getting lost my mind is getting lost in the gobbledegook Cos I know what |
| 3 | Yanto was a bit unsure how to take him as he stood there swaying and Billy 's befuddled mind was getting angrier by the second . |
| 4 | The sun was getting low over the sea and in an hour or so it would dip below the horizon , where there were horizontal bars of dark colour . |
| 5 | In a big terraced house in Dunlaoghaire , another household was getting ready for the opening of the university term . |
| 6 | Jonesy was getting better by the minute on the guitar and the sound we were after had no space for the flash lead work that Steve could play so well . |
| 7 | I hesitate to intervene again , as the hon. Gentleman is getting near to the time left for my contribution . |
| 8 | The hotel swimmingpool is getting wet in the rain . |
| 9 | The older girl cried ‘ Do n't let them take me , Mummy , ’ and they stood together on the doorstep for several minutes , until a policeman gently reminded Mrs B that her daughter was getting cold in the dreary February morning . |
| 10 | Endill was getting confused by the strange list . |
| 11 | ‘ I expect the Emperor 's getting bored with the waiting and decided to see if anyone was awake on this side of the border . ’ |
| 12 | Erlich was getting sharp on the routine . |
| 13 | it 's alright , I just wan na get my head band , mummy 's hair 's getting long at the front , I must get Sara to cut it |
| 14 | The moral is clear : when gustiness is getting near to the limit for safe flying , assume that at any time it could suddenly increase . |
| 15 | By 5 pm the drink was consumed and the body of the kirk was getting high on the spirits ! |