Example sentences of "getting [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the Golf , whose floorpan and front-suspension layout the Corrado shares , getting off the line is no problem , but there is too much space between second and third ratios , allowing the close-ratio Calibra to take the honours . |
| 2 | Charlton have Pates back in their defence but after seven League matches without a win can not hold out much hope of getting off the bottom this afternoon . |
| 3 | Before getting off the bed , Mungo scanned the books to see what reading matter Vic preferred . |
| 4 | I remember getting off the plane and being asked by the press photographers if I would give them a salute . |
| 5 | High structural unemployment makes alternative thinking about labour intensivity , for example more acceptable ; with less money available , small scale and community based schemes , using local resources and motivated by indigenous imagination stand far more chance of getting off the ground , provided they can obtain the right kind of encouragement and support . |
| 6 | The most exciting thing about the day was getting off the 18th green . |
| 7 | This meant that for six weeks he was on a special bed that could be turned so that he spent some hours on his back and some on his front , never getting off the bed at all . |
| 8 | Quickly getting off the bus , he ran to where the plane had impacted and dragged out the injured pilot who was covered in oil moments before the plane caught fire . |
| 9 | You can now start venturing away from your measured route and start looking for additional ways to clock up the extra miles — try walking to the shops instead of driving ; try parking the car further away from work and walking the rest of the way ; or getting off the bus or train one or two stops from your destination and walking the rest of the way . |
| 10 | THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING OFF TERRITORY |
| 11 | ‘ Mother , I 'm sorry , I 'm so clumsy , I was just getting off the wall . ’ |
| 12 | Dabbling with such challenging pastimes as mountaineering and long distance canoeing , Graham was in his early 50s when he took up the quadriathlon just as the sport was getting off the ground . |
| 13 | Recently overheard : a tourist getting off the Cairngorm ski lift saying to a friend ‘ Lovely view ’ . |
| 14 | That long-anticipated non-profit X trade association , the X Industry Association , brainchild of The X Business Group , is getting off the ground : it 's picked itself a chairman in David Harris of Adobe Systems Inc and the board includes Peter Winston of Xhibition , Peter Shaw of AGE Logic Inc , Stephen King of Tektronix , Brian Fitzgerald of Digital Equipment Corp and Michael Harrigan of Network Computing Devices Inc and Anil Malhotra of IXI Ltd ; members include Applied Digital Data Systems , Grafpoint , Hummingbird , Kinesix , Non Standard Logics , Omron , Shographics , TeleSoft , Visual Edge and Walker , Richer & Quinn ; the new body is to market , promote and educate in the name of X , leaving the X Consortium , while it still exists , to grapple with the technical issues . |
| 15 | That and other systems sales accounted for a whacking 50% of SunExpress revenues last year when it was getting off the ground , with end user sales pegged at just 35% . |
| 16 | Operating in a bleeding French market , Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has a rapidly vanishing mainframe base , personal computer problems that only seem to have been exacerbated by the acquisition of Zenith Data Systems , which looks like a source of profitless volume , and a Unix strategy that is only just getting off the ground . |
| 17 | That long-anticipated non-profit X trade association , the X Industry Association , brainchild of The X Business Group , is getting off the ground . |
| 18 | EAST Anglians hoping to catch a glimpse of the biggest fly-past for 40 years were left disappointed yesterday as rain and cloud conspired stopped the 149-aircraft spectacular from getting off the ground . |
| 19 | After planting a flag on the summit and taking photographs in bright sunshine , Ms Stephens — who only took up mountaineering four years ago — lost no time in getting off the peak as the weather closed in . |
| 20 | Although the chances of getting off track so early on are remote , we must confirm our position . |
| 21 | So anyway , before I heard that I 'd got an appointment at the Clinic , I got caught for one burglary and so I told them about the rest , 'cos I wanted to get off it an ’ I knew that was the only way of getting off it and I thought , now I 've been caught , I might as well get meself stuck down for a bit , like , rather than get a big fine which I wouldn'a been able to handle at that time … . |
| 22 | But it might not be a bad idea to go down that route to see if we can we can see if it can be exploit it at this stage because we have discussed , and I know this is getting off the the the the agen |
| 23 | When it was time to leave they had difficulty in getting off the island . |
| 24 | Getting off the bed , he went to his coat . |
| 25 | That 's getting off the subject a bit but never mind . |
| 26 | You 're getting off hydrogen . |
| 27 | He were n't very brisk in the morning , and often we were a bit late getting off the mark ourselves ; but he did n't mind us working beyond six in the evening — we did n't get paid for that ! |
| 28 | ‘ Remember getting off the bus ? ’ |
| 29 | On the other hand erm if you 're looking at , obviously sometimes our members felt that there was a benefit , at least the employer was n't getting , was n't getting off the hook as far as the matter was concerned , the matter arising was concerned , and therefore he was left with a problem just the same as we were . |
| 30 | Eva left the room in a state of shock , saddened by the prospect of leaving the ICO just as the new initiatives were getting off the ground . |