Example sentences of "seem to be getting " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Speelman seemed to be getting the better of it , Timman suddenly sacrificed two pieces to expose his opponent 's king . |
| 2 | Nor that the reason she had sent Maggie to an all-girls ' school was not to protect her from evil-minded youths , but to protect her from the sort of teaching that she seemed to be getting . |
| 3 | When it seemed to be getting out of hand , he insisted that its aim was to improve the system , not to change it . |
| 4 | The streets seemed to be getting narrower , the houses taller . |
| 5 | The Germans , he reckoned , were trying to wipe out the docks , yet somehow the city centre seemed to be getting the worst of it — and all the shops and offices and streets of little houses . |
| 6 | The stairs seemed to be getting steeper and more numerous . |
| 7 | In some peculiar way he seemed to be getting into his stride . |
| 8 | At least the kids seemed to be getting on . |
| 9 | Whatever it was , it was very tinkly and repetitive , and often , just as he seemed to be getting somewhere , Meredith broke off and started all over again . |
| 10 | It pleased him too that Cora-Beth seemed to be getting on so well with his best friend . |
| 11 | Her headache seemed to be getting worse and worse , and Raffaella 's command of English slipped as she grew increasingly excited . |
| 12 | In my third year at Oxford , however , I noticed that I seemed to be getting clumsier , and I fell over once or twice for no apparent reason . |
| 13 | Her heels felt sore , and because there was so much walking , they seemed to be getting worse as the morning went on . |
| 14 | It seemed to be getting nearer and nearer but we were still pretty cheerful . |
| 15 | He seemed to be getting very religious all of a sudden . |
| 16 | Hilda seemed to be getting more animated as her own bafflement and distress increased . |
| 17 | What made everything worse , Miranda decided , was that while she grew more and more despondent , Grace seemed to be getting happier and happier . |
| 18 | Suddenly , even the sound of his voice seemed to be getting to her . |
| 19 | ‘ You seemed to be getting along well enough . ’ |
| 20 | Things seemed to be getting worse with every step she took . |
| 21 | At last she seemed to be getting through to him . |
| 22 | It was a long way to sunset , but the air in the tower seemed to be getting colder by the moment . |
| 23 | Michael was livid that Hemmings , in the cloakrooms , seemed to be getting all the way with one of the girls while Crawford/Ingram was off in a corner with another girl — ‘ simply practising how long we could kiss ’ . ’ |
| 24 | Though Amiss was not entirely convinced that Trueman had been murdered , he did feel a sense of unease about the Admiral 's safety , so he was relieved to see that he seemed to be getting on rather better with his committee colleagues than the Sunday experiences had promised . |
| 25 | There had always been a possibility that the telephone call had been a hoax and this seemed to be getting more likely all the time . |
| 26 | There was a long silence , broken only by the perpetual nudging of the wind , which seemed to be getting stronger all the time . |
| 27 | She seemed to be getting quite violent as I could feel the van sway from her leaning against it . |
| 28 | The crowd seemed to be getting a little impatient just before the goal ( as I 'm sure we all were listening to it on the radio ) but can you imagine what the scum crowd would ahve been doing to their team if they had n't scored within twenty minutes ? |
| 29 | She shrugged and glanced at Joanna , who seemed to be getting on well with Ian Woodall . |
| 30 | But back at the police lecture room , the message seemed to be getting through . |