Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] getting " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that we have so little information about rape , does the increased press reporting , given its restricted nature , hinder the chance of a raped woman getting a fair ‘ trial ’ ? |
| 2 | If you believe our young fans the secret of the film 's success — it broke box office records in the US by grossing £25 million in its first five days — is that it shows a mere kid getting the better of two witless adults . |
| 3 | you 've got ta think er think , it was like erm one of the guys was saying oh I 've got a real problem getting the names , I said well how do you ask and he said well look I 'm in the people business John but I do n't suppose you know anybody do you |
| 4 | ‘ Oi vey , in the country it 's a real tzuriss getting from village to village . |
| 5 | A fair-haired man getting out of the passenger seat , front . |
| 6 | Grayling found that he had a hard time getting people to take him seriously . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's had a hard time getting into the world , ’ Elizabeth replied . |
| 8 | Mr Antonis is having a hard time getting his message of openness across to all the citizens of Antwerp . |
| 9 | ‘ I had a hard time getting through Ulysses , ’ I responded as lightly as I could . |
| 10 | But with the size that the baby is already , it 's likely Greene would have a hard time getting her beyond thirty-eight weeks . |
| 11 | After some 20 months I was able to take a trade test and become a Leading Aircraftsman getting nearly £2 a week , One of the notorious figures at Cranwell at this time was Aircraftsman Shaw ( the legendary Col T.E . |
| 12 | It 's going to be a long struggle getting established and until I am I do n't see how … ’ |
| 13 | No , but I thought you seemed to be a long while getting the bugger out . |
| 14 | Evolution Without Evidence is not a creationist broadside , but an interesting and well-written exercise on the theme that the young Charles Darwin became convinced of evolution but felt that he did not have the evidence to convince his contemporaries , and spent a long time getting it together and arranging it — so long that he was taken by surprise and had to get out the Origin prematurely ( as he always said himself ) . |
| 15 | ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added . |
| 16 | That 's something we , we , that 's what we found and one of the things we have got is this youth bus actually operating in the town and it erm , it 's running three nights a week , we ca n't cover every bit of the town , but it goes to different area 's of the town , The Stow , and Old Harlow , I mean we 've actually got quite good relationship 's with , with , with the young people in Old Harlow , but erm , I mean we ca n't cover every night , I mean there is a problem , of erm , you know , you you get from a position where you recognise it , you , you , you need to start catering for a particular group and it takes a long time getting there . |
| 17 | After all , Jones spent a long time getting the wording right , and you wo n't be able to improve on it . |
| 18 | I know it sounds thin , sir , but I spent a long time getting no further than that and I do n't think we shall do better until we have an angle — some sort of leverage . ’ |
| 19 | And that took a long time getting used to . |
| 20 | On the morning of the day when Therese Aschmann was due to arrive in Hochhauser , Willi spent a long time getting ready before he went to meet her at the station . |
| 21 | " The police are a long time getting here , " he said . |
| 22 | Val did a brilliant job getting everyone else to Le Bourget using public transport ; I went on the bike with no map and only a vague idea where Le Bourget was , and every Frenchman I asked just waved me straight on ( lies ! ) , but I got there somehow and we had a very enjoyable , if unscheduled , visit . |
| 23 | Milne — who made a brief appearance in the game against Wombats — has done a grand job getting sponsorship from , among others , Royal Mail Scotland , while the luminaries he has persuaded to play include Roger Baird , Finlay Calder , Jim Calder , Jim Aitken , Euan Kennedy , Alan Tomes and Jim Renwick . |
| 24 | When the morning came , he had a terrible job getting the Austin started with the handle . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not sure if it was ‘ The Reign of Terror ’ story about the French Revolution , or one of the other ones , but we had a terrible time getting Bill to pronounce the word brazier , meaning a rack for burning coals . |
| 26 | So they dissected them all with a fine-tooth comb getting mixed metaphors . |
| 27 | Dorcas had spent many a peaceful hour getting to know Jekub . |
| 28 | The club 's now in a mess and it seems only someone with big money and the right intentions can prevent a desperate situation getting worse . |
| 29 | The city streets were so congested with vehicles it was a slow process getting up the Strand , and in winter horse manure was apt to splash up unpleasantly . |
| 30 | One way of increasing the number of observations in the examples mentioned would be to repeatedly heat a single bar of metal , or to continually observe a particular Australian getting drunk night after night , and perhaps morning after morning . |