Example sentences of "getting [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want Martin to be Cullam 's shadow and if he goes and pays cash for that refrigerator we 're really getting somewhere . |
| 2 | Everybody doing things , getting somewhere . |
| 3 | Some will think him a spiritual butterfly , some an intellectual too ready to be hoodwinked ; but his searching has a definite progress to it , and the heights and depths encountered in this book make it clear that he is getting somewhere , often against his own will and inclination . |
| 4 | It would be like taking London 's M25 or Washington 's beltway , in the hope of getting somewhere ; all you would do is go round and round in circles . |
| 5 | Now we 're getting somewhere , thought Sam . |
| 6 | ‘ I think we 're getting somewhere . ’ |
| 7 | After a long approach slog , reaching the crest of a ridge usually means you 're getting somewhere at last . |
| 8 | Now we 're getting somewhere , Newman thought . |
| 9 | FIGURE 4 I 'm getting somewhere at last and feel quite happy . |
| 10 | So I wo n't go through the rest of it , it 's a long and er it 's just brought us on the same sort of thing , but what it proves is that we are getting somewhere and that is what I thought was rather important news , which I want to do . |
| 11 | " Good ; now we 're getting somewhere . " |
| 12 | ‘ Do you know , ’ the Doctor said , ‘ I rather think we 're getting somewhere at last . ’ |
| 13 | In other words : NOW YOU ARE GETTING SOMEWHERE ! |
| 14 | Ha hallelujah , we 're getting somewhere . |
| 15 | Whatever it was , it was very tinkly and repetitive , and often , just as he seemed to be getting somewhere , Meredith broke off and started all over again . |
| 16 | ‘ Are you getting somewhere with the script ? ’ |
| 17 | Well , at last we 're getting somewhere . |
| 18 | Just at the moment I seem to be getting somewhere , I 'm dragged off the case . ’ |
| 19 | Timing is of the essence , which is why so many youthful romances go awry ; she is just getting somewhere with her career but he has already arrived and wants her to be there for him , or vice versa . |
| 20 | ‘ So you reckon you 're getting somewhere . ’ |
| 21 | Convinced that he was getting somewhere at last in his search for admissible evidence , Shaughnessy now turned to several other lines of inquiry . |
| 22 | After four awful years , I finally felt I was getting somewhere . |
| 23 | He tells them that we are getting somewhere now and it 's time we heard your version but there 's no need to hurry because we have all the time in the world . |
| 24 | We really are getting somewhere . |
| 25 | ‘ We 're getting somewhere , Roy , ’ she said . |
| 26 | Was she getting somewhere at last ? |
| 27 | Now we are getting somewhere in our understanding of the behaviour of these fish for at night time they can often be easily caught in very clear water . |
| 28 | ‘ What pleased me most about that , ’ he said , ‘ was that my mother knew about it before she died , so she could see I was getting somewhere . ’ |
| 29 | Can I just confirm with you Mr , that what I 've described in terms of geographical location , is getting somewhere near to meeting his objective . |
| 30 | ‘ We 'll soon be getting somewhere . ’ |