Example sentences of "and getting [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , if all goes to plan , it will not be long before many more well filled wallets like these will be stopping — and getting thinner — in Garrison . |
| 2 | ‘ And getting bigger all the time . ’ |
| 3 | Pseudo-objectives may be set in terms of size and assets but they are descriptions of the general intention to keep going and getting bigger . |
| 4 | ‘ Everything feels fine — nice and hard and getting bigger every day . |
| 5 | The prey was distancing itself fast from the hunters ; the scent , as Myeloski knew , was still cold and getting colder . |
| 6 | It was still bloody cold and getting colder . |
| 7 | And getting richer all the time , they say . |
| 8 | " We 're waiting for you , and getting wetter every moment . " |
| 9 | PERSONAL computers are cheap , and getting cheaper . |
| 10 | Most British people believed that , whatever their own prosperity , the fortunes of their country were bad and getting worse . |
| 11 | From both this report and that of Cahill ( ibid. ) it is quite clear that the problem is severe and getting worse ; and that the national soil conservation programme is not dealing with it : |
| 12 | Dublin had the richest pickings and the south was hospitable , but they were too disturbed for his liking , and getting worse . |
| 13 | The average decision time is already over sixteen months and getting worse . |
| 14 | ‘ Neither of us wanted to go , but Doris was coming with me to London each week and because of all the road works on the A1 the journey was averaging six hours each way and getting worse . |
| 15 | I told him that the weather was horrendous on Tiree also , with cloud and heavy rain , and getting worse . |
| 16 | So I 'm sitting and getting worse if I opened my eyes it went like that , the whole fucking sky was going round . |
| 17 | Outside it was a soft day — and getting softer by the bucketful . |
| 18 | Dad had been right ; it was foggy and getting thicker so I had to slow down because I could n't see where I was going . |
| 19 | Now , major sewage interceptor schemes have been completed and the Tyne is undoubtedly the finest salmon stream in England ; and getting better every year . |
| 20 | I 'm maturing , feeling good and getting better every day . ’ |
| 21 | After all , having some fun , earning some money and getting better at what one does have got to be three of the key elements in business and , potentially , a career in executive search ( in the right environment ) offers all three . |
| 22 | It is not only thought to be so but it undoubtedly is so , and getting better in each and every part of the United Kingdom . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm playing well and getting better and better all the time , ’ said Hendry , who now plays Jamie Woodman for a place in the last 16 . |
| 24 | But , thanks both to Daimler 's bad luck and bad judgment , the odds against this ever happening are high — and getting higher . |
| 25 | There are goods in the stores , but prices are high and getting higher , as is unemployment . |
| 26 | If he had allowed her to take him back to London , he might have been stuck for life with a woman in her thirties ( and getting older by the day ) . |
| 27 | And getting smaller every second ! |
| 28 | And getting smaller all the time . |
| 29 | Seventy-two , and getting filthier by the minute , Reg Butler had sex like other men of his age spent Sundays digging their vegetable patch down at the allotment . |
| 30 | I figured my body was telling me to rest , so I 've flopped around for the last two weeks eating steaks and drinking beef tea , and getting stronger every day . |