Example sentences of "getting [det] " in BNC.

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1 But as I continued , it became apparent that the course planners were having increasing difficulty in getting each lesson on to one cylinder .
2 Difficulty was defined in terms of the numbers of children at each age level getting each item right .
3 Just let your mind wander to sunnier climates and pretend you are indulging in your favourite pursuit , or as an alternative you can concentrate on getting each of your body to relax .
4 Now the Shah was getting each of those personal , often vindictive , views one by one .
5 ‘ I do n't want to miss getting that room .
6 I asked , getting that first warning flicker that something was wrong or out of place .
7 But getting that money is expensive .
8 Shut your mouth , so , and see how speedy Ewan can be at getting that fuzz scraped off your face .
9 Can you imagine what it was like getting that bloody cart home ? ’
10 The first intimation of its scope came when the producer of Yorkshire Television 's daily regional current affairs programme , Calendar , came to complain bitterly that the task of getting that evening 's show on the air had been seriously handicapped .
11 Then I heard Chet using his on some records and started investigating and found out how he was getting that sound .
12 I ai n't getting that job . ’ '
13 The tricky part is getting that thin , slippery Spectra line through a 300mm ( 12in ) length of unwilling hollow braid .
14 The problem is getting that fact across to youngsters .
15 ‘ I walked away and put things on hold for a couple of years but now I am committed to getting that shirt , ’ he added .
16 He said : ‘ Things went no better or worse than I expected : I 'm getting that sort of treatment every game now and it 's up to me to overcome it .
17 He was sweating on getting that wallet back .
18 And he 'd done the right thing in getting that wallet back to Blackbeard , because Blackbeard was horribly evil and would have come after them if Joe had n't been sensible .
19 He had loaned five thousand pounds to Phillip Wreck , one of the most notorious villains in Paddington , and in Joe 's mind Michael had more chance of getting the Pope 's inside leg measurement than he had of getting that money back .
20 Getting that information released could also mean appealing to the highest courts .
21 Consensys , also with offices in San Antonio , Texas and Reading in the UK , already offers a standard SVR4 implementation , though it had previously spent a year getting that release into product shape after taking delivery from Unix System Labs .
22 But even with or maybe because of the structure put in place so far ( UX No 418 ) , its still getting that taste of an old-boys network up yonder and wonders where the key visionary , operations , financial analysis and strategy talent is going to come from , or when DEC 's youngbloods are going to get their chance .
23 It 's getting that way .
24 I 'm getting that pension , having that crown-weave .
25 try and get some information on this they felt that they were confident that at the end of the day that erm , approval would be given but erm I I I asked for it in writing and they said we would n't be getting that .
26 Which , no doubt there are people are regenerating theirselves , and once again , talking locally again , of course , realise Marconi 's are in a bad way but they have got some marvellous er er new stuff coming along , but the point is er , obviously in the defence industry , in the er radar works , quite obviously you 're not getting that kind of demand .
27 getting that to me .
28 Son died first the mother died five weeks later , we had wonderful fun getting that one sorted out .
29 She wondered where Kattina was getting that sort of cash .
30 I was getting that sick I ended up signing the papers and Stephen was adopted .
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