Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andy Payton is getting more involved . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | At that time Ash was getting about 20 inquiries a month , mostly from employees , on how to introduce smoking polices . |
| 5 | Margaret Lacey was getting more worried by the second . |
| 6 | Nigel was getting profoundly bored in hospital . |
| 7 | Samos was the last major violation of autonomy which Athens was to get away with . |
| 8 | Grass verges : some of the grass verges on the roads leading into the village , particularly Station Lane are getting very overgrown . |
| 9 | During the course of their conversation , to which Julia listened with only half her attention as she sipped her brandy , she learned that Jackson French was likely to be posted to London to play a part in the winding up of UNRRA later in the year and that Comfort herself was due to leave Venice in two days ' time ‘ now that Julia is getting well again' . |
| 10 | And , look , Capree 's getting nearer and nearer . ’ |
| 11 | Round-the-clock nursing , such as Elinor is getting here , would mean overseeing four nurses , organizing their schedules , plus providing meals , transport and the rest of it . ’ |
| 12 | Tom 's getting quite attached to him in a macabre sort of way , so why should n't I ? |
| 13 | Alain was getting quite hot under the collar and Dieter seemed to be winding him up on purpose . ’ |
| 14 | Nippon , Ville de Paris and Il Moro di Venezia have all been more innovative in the shaping and cutting of their sails , which explains why Farr is getting more involved in the New Zealand sail programme himself . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I 've suddenly remembered that the programme that really infuriated me , when I was tired and wet and Paddy Ashdown was getting away with sheer murder before my eyes , and the polls looked terminal for the Tories , and I was beginning to think that the whole thing was rigged against us , was not the BBC at all . |
| 17 | Anyway , by the time he came back , Arthur was getting too impatient for his wife to put in an appearance to pay much attention to anyone else . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It looks as if the Whistler 's getting closer , does n't it , in more ways than one . ’ |
| 19 | And good luck today ; you 'll need it if Jack is to get anywhere near Harley , let alone the Swede . ’ |
| 20 | Ben Johnson was getting closer to the man who would be his great rival , winning the bronze behind Sam Graddy but ahead of two British sprinters , Mike McFarlane and Donovan Reid . |
| 21 | The farmers who own the land around Pot Scar are getting increasingly agitated over the way climbers using the crag are parking their cars . |
| 22 | Well , Peter 's getting close to retirement , and he was hinting that he 'd like to sell out . |
| 23 | And one other match taking place this evening is the preliminary round F A Cup replay at Railway Cuttings between Banbury United and Solihull Borough , and if you 're thinking of popping along , the message from Banbury is to get there early as another bumper gate is expected . |
| 24 | While the Headmaster and Mr Slipper were quite happy with all the arrangements , Mr Crangle was getting more and more upset . |
| 25 | He was very glad to hear Charles was getting so much better — he did n't want his brother 's death on his conscience , he said , and that gave Rachel a lot of hope for a future reconciliation . |
| 26 | PAUL Newman is getting better known for his recipes than his acting . |
| 27 | Colin 's getting pretty flustered and red in the face . |
| 28 | Dalgliesh remembered the sour comment of a defending counsel after a verdict of guilty : ‘ Kynaston 's getting dangerously infallible with juries . |
| 29 | Please contact ( retiring only because Alex is getting too mobile to be safe for the new babies ) on for further details . |
| 30 | The reason for a new secrecy law is that , post-Maastricht , the EC is getting more and more involved in contentious areas like defence , foreign affairs , and asylum policies — part of the famous ‘ ever closer union between the peoples of Europe ’ . |