Example sentences of "[was/were] begin to get [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The adults were beginning to get out of hand : some were dancing , having a ‘ knees up ’ ; others were arguing with the organ grinder about what should be played . |
| 2 | Now , the reason we particularly were interested in this was that from the questionnaire we already were beginning to get back some information , and we discovered that eighty-six percent of people had seen their G P in the previous year , and maybe if we could introduce them to the age-well project at some point during that contact , we would be able to achieve something . |
| 3 | It was an interesting time to be at the centre , for news was beginning to get through from Burma and plans for reconstruction after liberation were being drawn up . |
| 4 | No unattached man , should he by some miracle present himself at Four Winds , would want to have anything to do with a dejected and increasingly agoraphobic young mother , still in her teens , and a baby whose fretfulness was beginning to get on even Harriet 's nerves . |
| 5 | Angie Bowie : ‘ Mary an I got on really well — we had a hoot and always enjoyed each other 's company , and although the Arts Lab was still running , it was beginning to get out of hand . |
| 6 | The whole situation was beginning to get out of hand . |
| 7 | By the time of the Restoration in 1660 , the country was beginning to get back to normal . |
| 8 | That would be the end of any engagements elsewhere , just when he was beginning to get back on the international circuit . |