Example sentences of "getting involved " in BNC.
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| 1 | The measures were felt to be particularly harsh by those catholic parents who were getting involved with the All Children Together movement . |
| 2 | ‘ Just do n't go getting involved with some spotty adolescent . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm annoyed Quincx is getting involved in this ridiculous soap opera , ’ she told Ari . |
| 4 | French cosmetics group L'Oreal — with even less excuse for getting involved with television — bought a film library but has now written-off £3m owed by La Cinq and has had to cut the celluloid 's value by £48m . |
| 5 | Continuing on the subject of getting involved , the committee are always delighted to hear from anyone wishing to help in any way ( half an hour once a year on a stall or helping at an open coffee morning would be tremendous ) . |
| 6 | Then I started getting involved with the women and that took another three or four weeks because that was a different world with another set of rules . |
| 7 | John Patton , press officer of the DCAC , refused to comment on plans for a fresh campaign but it was clear that the committee was extremely cautious about getting involved in further large-scale demonstrations . |
| 8 | Getting involved in local community crime prevention initiatives will have a tangible positive outcome . |
| 9 | ‘ I was really excited about getting involved with the band , ’ says Allison . |
| 10 | avoid getting involved in conflicts |
| 11 | I said to her what the hell would anybody be getting involved in all that damp nonsense for ? |
| 12 | If you have been very much home-based , you may need some encouragement from your partner in getting involved in community activities or a hobby ; and it may be necessary , in order to avoid being over dependent on another person . |
| 13 | ( An example is starting daytime adult education classes , or getting involved in voluntary work . ) |
| 14 | Parents who worry about their teenage children getting involved with drugs , are normally thinking of drugs other than tobacco and alcohol . |
| 15 | What I did get away with was arguably worse than murder , and revealed for the first time something of what I was letting myself in for by getting involved with Karen Parsons . |
| 16 | We would suggest you try a mains filter before getting involved with trying to eliminate radiated r.f.i . |
| 17 | I have avoided getting involved , however , because I believe the subject would become obsessive and I would become introspective . |
| 18 | Yesterday we talked about the odd lapse in our good intentions to be a saintly slimmer , and also that occasionally our best intentions to achieve a goal are stifled — sometimes through our own wrong judgement but more often by getting involved in time-wasting , non-productive activities . |
| 19 | This is an incredible area to be getting involved in . |
| 20 | Part of me would love to be in a relationship , but I 'm cautious about getting involved , even though I desperately want to be loved . |
| 21 | Premier John Major has , more than once , rejected the idea of British troops getting involved in the conflict . |
| 22 | It is not necessary to put the matter in quite those terms to recognise that the British have always preferred using industrial products to getting involved in making them . |
| 23 | The British have always preferred using industrial products to getting involved in making them |
| 24 | She may be surprised , disconcerted ; she may even have had no conscious intention of getting involved with this particular man . |
| 25 | In direct contrast with the forceful approach , there must be low risk of the person losing anything from getting involved and committed with your suggestions . |
| 26 | ‘ My advisers have made it clear that there would be no point in getting involved in stocks and shares unless it was for a minimum of five years and better still 10 years . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We certainly wo n't be changing our style of play and getting involved in a forward battle . ’ |
| 28 | Hammam , who dubbed Jones ‘ Mosquito Brain ’ for getting involved with the video in his Sheffield United days , added : ‘ A lot of people have mosquito brains , not just Vinnie . |
| 29 | Fergie says : ‘ Finally something did happen , but it soon became clear that the Queen was just not capable of getting involved in emotional , personal problems — even though it involved her own flesh and blood . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I just could n't stop myself from getting involved in the brawl . |