Example sentences of "getting [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It turned out that Cedric was getting rather a lot of meat and I drew up a little chart cutting down the protein and adding extra carbohydrates . |
| 2 | However , having carelessly left the shed unlocked , our mower and strimmer were stolen and , as we are both getting on a bit , we decided we would take up the lawn and put down gravel instead . |
| 3 | He was getting on a bit , transferred in to the Mounted . |
| 4 | Mr Jagger responded by saying , ‘ Poor old Bill 's getting on a bit now , you know . |
| 5 | NOW that 's he getting on a bit , Eric Clapton is steering clear of his flashy Ferraris and Alfa Romeos . |
| 6 | ‘ He was getting on a bit , was n't he ? ’ |
| 7 | They were getting on a bit when I was born . ’ |
| 8 | I ca n't believe Mel is the player he was two years ago and he must be getting on a bit now , but we have still got Ray Wallace just incase I s'pose . |
| 9 | She says you have to be brusque with them because they 're getting on a bit , you know . |
| 10 | ‘ He is getting on a bit , he is going grey round the whiskers and has a milky white coat . |
| 11 | STOP PRESS : Due to genuine public demand , we are currently in the process of getting together a bunch of our classic compilations for reissue on CD ( NME leaps into the 20th Century ! ) in the near future . |
| 12 | So next time a lazy Sunday rolls around and you ca n't face the performance of getting together a roast , try a vegetable alternative you may even convert grandma ! |
| 13 | Remember part of that time we were in div 2 getting only a fraction of the TV and Sponsorship money that Scum and Scouse were getting . |
| 14 | However , the Sun 's italicised section in the body of its report — ‘ he had wooed her five years with champagne and romantic meals , getting just a kiss on the cheek in return ’ — provides the clear message of what allegedly out-of-work actresses are expected to give tycoons who make that son of trouble . |
| 15 | The mortar men were not trained as Heavy Weapons Troops would be later in the war , but this did not prevent Sergeant Ramsey from getting off a bomb that appeared to go down the hotel chimney , reportedly causing a dozen or more casualties . |
| 16 | But Lugh would rise above it all , and would not bother to listen to complaints about who was getting larger helpings of stew , or who was having the most comfortable sleeping quarters , or even who was getting up a bit later than everyone else . |
| 17 | But the soldiers thought it was great altogether to be near to Tara , and began to talk about getting up a party to go along and take a look , because would n't it be the finest old inspiration a man could have to see the Bright Palace again . |
| 18 | erm , for getting up a lot |
| 19 | ‘ I think I 'll go round getting up a petition from the residents . ’ |
| 20 | She was far too quick-witted to complain and endured silently , but she managed to extract a promise of a new hat and a new dress from him , before getting up an hour later to tidy herself and prepare supper . |
| 21 | I think we 've got enough difficulty getting out a master job file . |
| 22 | If they had been chatting , no matter how lightly , she would have been so absorbed in carefully listening and in getting out a reply through a nervously constricted throat that she would n't have been able to enjoy this wonderful drive . |
| 23 | There is an urgent need for getting out a newsletter — and finding ways of financing it — so that we have an organ of communication with each other . |
| 24 | It reawakened his curiosity , the fact that Blackbeard had been willing to hand them all over for getting back a wallet that otherwise contained only a letter . |
| 25 | She 'd gone through all the usual phases : rock fan magazines , writing to film stars , sometimes getting back a photo with a printed signature , usually not . |
| 26 | The books give all the insider know-how for staying and getting around a country on a shoestring budget . |
| 27 | So in parts of the next chapter you will be getting quite a lot of detail . |
| 28 | So how we , so there was no obvious leader and how are we gon na pull ourselves ah ahead , well we have to improve our media coverage and we 've done quite a lot on that , John 's been very successful in getting quite a lot of media coverage both for individuals within the firm and for the the firm as a whole . |
| 29 | Winter has come at last , and we have had some severe frosts , but we are still getting quite a lot of sun , in marked contrast to last year 's everlasting grey skies . |
| 30 | She 's been getting quite a lot of in our jokes over a couple ha ! |