Example sentences of "he [was/were] getting [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was getting nearer to himself , travelling on a long loop of bumpy path through the trees . |
| 2 | They told Jesus how he was getting richer and richer as they got poorer and poorer , and how he did n't have any pity even on people who really could n't afford to pay . |
| 3 | He was getting better . |
| 4 | Harry decided that the embarrassment this caused him was a sign he was getting better . |
| 5 | And I made sure I blabbed a bit to her , even contradicting in inessential details some of the earlier relations to the Colonel , so that he might think he was getting better quality intelligence this way . |
| 6 | He was getting louder . |
| 7 | He was getting angrier by the minute . |
| 8 | It was ironic that while most of the men I knew seemed inclined to some form of polygamy , Syl , now that he was getting older and had less energy , should have decided on a monogamous relationship with me . |
| 9 | Indeed , it did n't seem quite impossible even to me , as he seemed to have reached a kind of plateau — no better but certainly no worse , free of pain and very happy — often informing me that he was getting stronger every day . |