Example sentences of "[be] getting some [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 're getting some real stuff for your money . ’
2 have some more ham or you 're getting some nice cheese in a minute .
3 As designers dig ever deeper for traditional guitar designs ripe for modernisation , we 're getting some interesting-looking instruments .
4 They 're getting some more tomorrow are n't they ?
5 Yeah that he we 've just completed up here and one or two others er so we 're we 're getting some big boys in now .
6 Detente is a highly delicate subject right now … and we 've been getting some bad press lately . ’
7 They are getting some new designs in this morning , and I must see them before they are snapped up . ’
8 We are getting some terrible luck with injuries . ’
9 Why am I sad when I 'm getting some new trainers ?
10 Ah , but you 're going to be getting some extra police officers by taking them off er , paperwork , er you 're gon na get two thousand three hundred I see in the press , well that as shown , that of course will be twenty three , but if anybody here thinks the Chief Constable 's gon na produce twenty three new police officers through reductions in paperwork and through the other initiatives the Home Secretary has announced , well I do n't believe them , and we shall have to wait and see .
11 ‘ I must say , ’ said Elinor , sipping a gin and tonic , ‘ you seem to be getting some good vibes .
12 ‘ This is good news for the consumer who wo n't now be getting some massive duopoly , ’ a travel industry source said .
13 Mrs er has er actually said that we should be getting some more money and then she spoilt it by saying we should be using the money we have n't got more er better use it and er maybe knocking the traffic li er islands out will save us a problem cos we 'll get a few kids knocked down and we wo n't have to bother with em .
14 has become an increasingly dangerous on this right hand side I have said just now they must try and stop this coming in because he is getting some magnificent balls in to the penalty area and sooner or later they 're gon na concede a goal .
15 Because he wanted to use it to locate carp and pike he was getting some fiery abuse .
16 That group progressed quite a lot that year , from being almost unteachable in the beginning , to being at least teachable , and I was getting some fair work out of them … but it was very time consuming .
17 Vern was getting some more stew ladled on to his plate by Mrs F. ‘ Talked about dreams , ’ he said .
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