Example sentences of "it [was/were] getting [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , ’ Reynolds said , and he shifted his grip on the brown paper as if it were getting hot in his hands . |
| 2 | At first it were good because it were incentive for her to keep going because she 'd , you know , paid so much but toward the end , she said , it were getting ridiculous . |
| 3 | Her heart was pounding harder and harder , as if it were getting ready to leap out of her breast . |
| 4 | One of the arms holding it was getting tired . |
| 5 | I was sweating now even though it was getting cooler . |
| 6 | It was getting impossible to keep their relationship in two separate compartments . |
| 7 | It was only 7.30 am but already it was getting hot . |
| 8 | And it was getting hot . |
| 9 | With a large pocket handkerchief he wiped the perspiration from his forehead ; it was getting hot . |
| 10 | IT WAS getting embarrassing . |
| 11 | By now it was getting late and I began to worry . |
| 12 | It was getting late and her youngest child , Tudor , who had accompanied her to the funeral , and was now waiting for her in the local hotel , would be growing anxious . |
| 13 | It was getting late and the old Princess was visibly tiring . |
| 14 | It was getting early evening now , it was getting time to eat . |
| 15 | Worse still , it was getting louder . |
| 16 | It was getting dark and there was n't much traffic on the road , it being a Monday . |
| 17 | It was getting dark . |
| 18 | It was ten to fifteen feet , it was getting dark , he had lost his board , and he could n't get in and he could n't get out . |
| 19 | It was getting dark but in a beautiful silvery still way . |
| 20 | I do n't know what was the reason in this case , but in any event when ops were cancelled like this , late in the day when it was getting dark , for reasons of safety the armourers waited for daylight before de-bombing the aircraft . |
| 21 | It was getting dark as we got to the mountains of Burma . |
| 22 | The last time anyone saw her was shortly after 7pm , when it was getting dark and she was returning to catch the cable car . ’ |
| 23 | The last time anyone saw her was shortly after 7pm , when it was getting dark and she was returning to catch the cable car . ’ |
| 24 | It was getting dark and the wind had freshened , the rain gusting through the length of the shed so I decided that it was time to pack up and head for the nearest hospitable pub where I had been told I would be able to get a good meal of hot pie and peas . |
| 25 | I was unable to see his face but as it was getting dark , I was not surprised . |
| 26 | It … it was getting dark . ’ |
| 27 | Stopped at a village as it was getting dark . |
| 28 | We paraded the following night as it was getting dark , the parade ground lit up by flaming torches with four tanks lined up as a backdrop to our ceremony . |
| 29 | She was cold ; she did n't know where she was , and it was getting dark . |
| 30 | Now the day was over and it was getting dark outside and the Zoo would soon be closed . |