Example sentences of "getting on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought they were getting on fine . ’ |
| 2 | Social background may not matter much now ( but until they publish the list we can not judge this for ourselves ) , but the 100 per cent increase in party professionals getting on the list and getting elected to Parliament between 1979 and 1987 can not , surely , be just coincidence ? |
| 3 | To which the great shambling John Wayne figure replies : ‘ By stopping him getting on base in the first place . ’ |
| 4 | It 's getting on my nerves . ’ |
| 5 | It 'd be nice to be waiting here for a train and then getting on it and going somewhere nice . |
| 6 | He smiled on Davidson , cheered immeasurably by the thought of getting on a plane with Francesca . |
| 7 | I note you are getting on a bit . |
| 8 | ‘ It was getting on my nerves . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I get the biggest buzz out of getting on stage . |
| 10 | He was getting on her nerves . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's getting on me nerves , whimpering like that . |
| 12 | Brathay Exploration Group ( 05394 33942 ) A revamped and excellent organisation which offers the best chance for 15- to 25-year-olds of getting on an expedition ; this year to South China , Iceland , two to Norway ( Lapland and Jotunheimen ) , around Mont Blanc and to several of the remoter parts of Britain . |
| 13 | At times we feel as if everything is getting on top of us ’ . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Loads of kids were coming up to us and complaining that their dads were getting on their backs about their garages being full of paper . |
| 15 | Mucking out and feeding the beasts , although a chore , was nothing compared to actually getting on top of them , entrusting one 's breakable frame to such unreliable support . |
| 16 | ‘ It was getting on top of me . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Are you getting on holiday ? ’ said one , relieved that the end of the farming year was at hand . |
| 18 | Was she getting on all tight with her parents ? |
| 19 | I 've seen thirty men with their coats off fighting — getting on the trams and dragged off . |
| 20 | Establishing rapport is the process of getting on the right wavelength with someone — usually , but not inevitably , with someone you are meeting for the first time . |
| 21 | In face-to-face meetings all the visual signals are a great aid to getting on the same wavelength with someone . |
| 22 | While these big groups were organizing , many private enterprises were getting on the road , operated by Messrs Bates , Jelley , Humphrey , Johnson , Ecclesfield , Brown and Page and Gardener . |
| 23 | ‘ We check out with our new staff regularly , whether they feel comfortable in their role and whether they 're getting on OK . |
| 24 | ‘ He would hate the thought of getting on a chair to change a lightbulb , and would knock down a wall while trying to hang a picture , ’ Hamilton-Phillips says . |
| 25 | ‘ Selling is about getting on the telephone , ’ Brown says , ‘ and using a variety of techniques involving charm , bullying and whatever else you can muster . |
| 26 | Always assuming the unlikelihood of ever getting on disc a pluperfect realisation of Bartók 's Second Violin Concerto , this new release from the prodigiously-gifted Anne-Sophie Mutter will come close enough for most people . |
| 27 | For a moment I thought of getting on my joke transport and heading back to the East Oxford slums where I belonged . |
| 28 | We 're getting on all right . |
| 29 | ‘ They 're living off beans and cheese and horse and ass-meat if they can pay for it , but even the price of dogs and cats is getting on the high side . |
| 30 | ‘ They 've had a go at getting on her . ’ |