Example sentences of "[noun] [be] get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Borland International Inc and WordPerfect Corp are getting together to challenge the Microsoft Corp Microsoft Office with a bundle of their own , bringing together the Windows versions of the Wordperfect word processor , Paradox database and Quattro spreadsheet and offering it as Borland Office at a bargain basement $600 or less . |
| 2 | Even in Oxford , one of the region 's most cycle friendly cities , cyclists are getting more and more frustrated with the dangers posed by traffic and pollution . |
| 3 | Both sets of hedges are getting very overgrown and make it very difficult for pedestrians who are forced out into the middle of the road with the consequent danger from traffic . |
| 4 | I mean , it 's said that some English and some Dutch fans are getting together to plan trouble . |
| 5 | Ooh my eyes are getting really bad |
| 6 | well yes I know but my eyes are getting really bad , have another chocolate . |
| 7 | My trainers are getting pretty worn out now . |
| 8 | Glitterhouse are getting firmly back on the boil with the latest from BITCH MAGNET , who appear to have finally untangled themselves from the What Goes On fiasco . |
| 9 | Glitterhouse are getting firmly back on the boil with the latest from BITCH MAGNET , who appear to have finally untangled themselves from the What Goes On fiasco . |
| 10 | What it means for the homes is that they 're going to have to take a what we 've been doing over the last two or three years is gradually improving the staffing levels in our elderly people 's homes , because the dependency levels in those homes are getting very high . |
| 11 | She points out agencies must have licences and checks on practice are getting more stringent . |
| 12 | ‘ Only this jumpsuit 's going through at the arse and the bellbottoms are getting well chewed up on the pedals . ’ |
| 13 | The auction houses were very successful in getting a lot of pictures in recent years , but there were a series of auctions with a very high buy-in rate , and pictures were getting publicly burned . |
| 14 | But the presents were getting more frequent . |
| 15 | By 10.30pm the contractions were getting even stronger and I was beginning to feel like I 'd just finished running a marathon . |
| 16 | Have n't you had enough yet little girl , mummy 's getting ever so tired , oh what doing ? |
| 17 | Andy Payton is getting more involved . |
| 18 | ‘ Off the mat ’ the club is involved in other activities , such as fitness weekend camps where the rule is to get as muddy as possible . |
| 19 | IT IS a clear sign that an elec tion is getting tight when politicians start taking sport seriously . |
| 20 | THE North-East is to get nearly £12.5m to help clear away its eyesores in the coming year . |
| 21 | The overwhelming desire of the Chris Pattens and Sarah Hoggs and Michael Heseltines was to get away from what they saw as the incubus of Mrs Thatcher . |
| 22 | Yet this great growth and the consequent diminution of the size of holdings until a ‘ large ’ farm was two acres , meant that labour was getting less productive — a phenomenon reflected in the huge difference in price between land with and land without vacant possession . |
| 23 | The simplest explanation was that Maxham was getting nowhere with the Newley case ; and he 'd sent Viol along on the off chance , to put a little pressure on Lorton and see what happened . |
| 24 | Their wedding was getting closer all the time . |
| 25 | Whenever she looked round the tall , robed figure was getting closer . |
| 26 | 3D is another area where spreadsheets are getting more usable . |
| 27 | The same is true of the second column — the two elements making up that column are getting closer together in value as P is raised to successively higher powers . |
| 28 | Remembering a scratch match played in 1879 , which had provided plenty of fun for both players and spectators , Bill Lister had an idea : ‘ Thinks I ta meself , if nobbut t' tradesmen cud be gotten together to play a match once a year , ah 'm sewer it wod goa , an' 'specially if it war ta tak' place at t' feast . ’ |
| 29 | The footsteps were getting nearer and from the sound of it there were at least a dozen men . |
| 30 | ‘ The world title has been the dream from day one ; the dream is getting closer . |