Example sentences of "[be] getting [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said they 're getting money for nothing ! |
| 2 | The Box Office is not only selling tickets for now , they 're getting custom for future events like visiting ballet companies and comedians . |
| 3 | Finally , you are looking to see that you are getting value for money , and getting what you are paying for — area of land , size of rooms , and ( dare I say it ? ) good neighbours . |
| 4 | The difficulty with this is that unless there are well-established efficiency measures for the services of the department neither it nor its users will know whether they are getting value for money . |
| 5 | The newspaper was demanding that the public be given a good show for their money : ‘ It is still necessary to ask ourselves whether we are getting value for money . |
| 6 | But customers at present have difficulty in knowing whether they are getting value for money . |
| 7 | She points to the additional 1.9 per cent which is being offered for growth and argues the more explicit guidelines are there to ‘ make sure we are getting value for money ’ . |
| 8 | I like to put the television on , as there 's usually a very good programme at twelve ten like there is supposedly Rainbow today , but there is n't , which I find very useful for my toddler while I 'm getting lunch for the baby , myself and her , so she can sit down for twenty minutes , there can be a few minutes peace , and there 's just you know it 's just not on . |
| 9 | When they rise to an equal level , like for instance if I have a choice between going to a woman doctor and a man doctor and they 're both on the GP list , I will choose the woman , because the woman has had to fight tooth and nail , probably , and work much harder , to get at an equal level with the man , so I would suspect that I 'm getting value for and quality there by going for the woman . |
| 10 | Make sure you 'll be getting value for money before you decide . |
| 11 | Then at the end of the quarter you were getting dividend for twenty people . |
| 12 | This will act as a yardstick by which industry and local authorities could check they were getting value for money , he said . |
| 13 | And at the end of the day you would be into relating what people do in their job descriptions to whether you were getting value for money from those members of staff . |
| 14 | Members of suitable quality were needed , but members must feel that they were getting value for money . |
| 15 | We were expected to put our hands in our pockets and shell out regardless of whether or not we were getting value for money . |
| 16 | His father says that David accepts the sentence , and is getting treatment for his drug dependence . |
| 17 | But once the money is disbursed , only anecdotal evidence offers much of a clue whether the city is getting value for money or not . |
| 18 | The board has lodged five complaints with the LEA and is questioning whether it is getting value for money . |
| 19 | Eddie 's betrayal of his cousins is also revenge — he was doing it to prevent Rodolpho marrying Catherine primarily , but at the same time he was getting revenge for all the problems that his cousins had caused him , especially regarding Catherine . |
| 20 | It was getting time for the last bus across London Bridge for the District Line . |