Example sentences of "in getting [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Our very limited resources are all tied up in getting on with the work .
2 He had great difficulty in getting through to the club .
3 She accepts that she then was confused , she did n't know what to do erm she did n't think there was any point in getting out of the car which is what sh she should of done , she should of tried to make some enquiries about the child er , but she er , she looked around shrugged her shoulders and and then carried on her journey because she did n't think there was anything else she could do about it .
4 ‘ Jane Eyre , you need not think you can succeed in getting out of the room like this .
5 Robertson did not hesitate , and dived overboard and swam out to the dinghy which he succeeded in getting back to the fishing boat for the crew to get off .
6 So swifts , if they land , find great difficulty in getting back into the air and when the time comes for them to make a nest , they are unable to gather leaves , sticks or mud in the way that other birds can .
7 Anyone who has difficulty in getting down to the floor and up is safer exercising on a firm mattress .
8 I naturally felt very good about it and proud of myself for the discipline I had shown during the winter in getting down to the work necessary to achieve the successes I had obtained .
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