Example sentences of "[be] getting the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're getting the feel of the machine … ooops … nearly lost it on a dry road ! |
| 2 | We 're getting the stuff you need and there 's nothing to be afraid of . ’ |
| 3 | Because A you 're not wasting the time , you 're not worrying about the post sort , you 're getting the stuff quicker , you 've got the thing logged in and logged out erm so to , to a great extent , I mean er we should be ab I personally think that we should actually s be trying s we should be expecting to see an advantage but let's just take that as as , as , as neutral so that you have n't got a er a worsening situation and you have n't taken adva taken advantage of any |
| 4 | Not that much , cos we 're getting the lino off Pete you see , and get the discount off to do the , just for the lino |
| 5 | A total communication situation where you 've got you might you 've got use of body language you 've got use of language you 've got use of tone of voice and you 're making you 're getting the message across . |
| 6 | This is where you sign if you — or the person you 're getting the prescription for — can claim exemption from prescription charges . |
| 7 | I do n't think that er , I think that unfortunately some of the older doctors definitely were misinformed and were n't educated and I think nowadays that the doctors are becoming very much more educated and perhaps the ones who have the bad time are the fortunate ones in so far as they 're getting the hormone replacement therapy if they 're lucky and they have sympathetic general practitioner . |
| 8 | er No , we 've er changed our route slightly as er we 're getting the ferry from Turkey into Israel rather than going through Jordan . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're getting the idea . |
| 10 | Again , it 's hard to describe the tones , but imagine this treble pickup as a cross between a Strat and a Les Paul and you 're getting the idea , and the same could probably be said of the front humbucker . |
| 11 | erm , erm feel like they 're getting the benefit again , again and again , you now make the costs of at every point they take another , they 've got more coming in , erm in terms of cash and er at every point I seem to loose , I loose the first case in ninety one and everything now seems to go against me , it seems as though I do n't stand a chance any more . |
| 12 | ‘ They 're all right if they 're getting the work out o' you but get sick an' it 's another kettle o' fish . ’ |
| 13 | Subtle control — you get the work done , everybody 's happy and you do n't realize you 're getting the work done . ’ |
| 14 | He said well you 're getting the day off . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're getting the telephone back on today . ’ |
| 16 | Right , you 're getting the left |
| 17 | The company has no problem with that because you 're you know if if you 're doing the business you 're happy because you 're getting the commission . |
| 18 | performance and my sub team , of course they can clear more complaints than you 're sub teams , they 're getting the dross in . |
| 19 | We 're getting the train Saturday night . ’ |
| 20 | They 're getting the region to do that . |
| 21 | The way it looks now as if somebody else is getting the material that was the lumps maybe that 's going to er what 's his name Technology and we 're getting the crap , we 're getting dust . |
| 22 | Oh we 're getting the piece actually whistled here well done . |
| 23 | I 'm agreeably surprised to see it 's three thousand , I hope we 're getting the quality of advice that is necessary for such a large organisation . |
| 24 | And you 're getting the pain . |
| 25 | You 're getting the hang of it . |
| 26 | We 're always going to escape , and find somewhere new , and just when we 're getting the hang of it all , we 'll have to go again . |
| 27 | Like , if you break off a line like , lick figs out of my something , you 're getting the audience going because the audience is supplying the rude bits . |
| 28 | We 're getting the plane tomorrow . |
| 29 | ‘ I am getting the strength in depth that I need , ’ added Perkins . |
| 30 | However , I am getting the business matters straightened out and I hope it wo n't be too long before I shall have more time to spend with you . ’ |