Example sentences of "getting [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're getting off hydrogen . |
| 2 | THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING OFF TERRITORY |
| 3 | Less has been heard from mothers for many of whom maintenance is their only chance of getting off benefit . |
| 4 | Although the chances of getting off track so early on are remote , we must confirm our position . |
| 5 | The press wore magnificent shoulder bags stuffed full of Alsatian free gifts which some of you will be getting for Christmas . |
| 6 | The increased number of requests we are getting for diesel demonstrators speaks volumes . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm getting I 'm getting , I 'm getting for dog . |
| 8 | One is getting through parliament changes to a law that protects small shopkeepers at the expense of big stores , the chief outlets for foreign goods . |
| 9 | Its construction formed part of an overall traffic management programme aimed at getting through traffic flows out of the city centre . |
| 10 | As it is getting towards summer they would like the work done as soon as possible and subject to a satisfactory estimate I can authorise you to carry out the work . |
| 11 | In some places the movement has progressed to the point where the principle of equal redistribution , equal distribution of land has been put into effect with everybody , even the landlords , getting of land . |
| 12 | The other sister was er in High Wycombe , and the other one was in er Well she was in Creith for a number of years , And then she moved south because she was n't musical and there was no chance of getting of headmistresship in Scotland if you had n't got music . |
| 13 | your getting like grandma now |
| 14 | It was getting near time for communion . |
| 15 | It was getting near Christmas and we were both under pressure to get orders completed . |
| 16 | Speaking brightly to close the gaps , as if at a party ) : So it 's getting near Christmas . |
| 17 | you 're coming near to the end of your shift you 're not waking up because it 's getting near morning whereas everybody else is , you 're finding it much more difficult to carry on because you 've gone through the whole night working , the night is well along and it becomes increasingly more difficult to stay awake so physically , spiritually , whatever way you look at it , it is certainly very difficult to stay awake in the truth today , but it is n't that difficult and it is n't er a hurdle that none of us can overcome , Jehovah says that his load is light , Jesus echoed that did n't he and it is true that if we do Jehovah 's will , Jehovah 's way , then it will be made light for us , he will help us to stay awake , but he 's not going to allow us to slumber and drift off into obscurity , but it all comes back in hinges upon us and that 's why the counsel is in verse thirteen as a day , as in a day time look , let us walk decently so we have to do something do n't we ? |
| 18 | The village was built on a fairly steep hillside and on a terrace which functioned as the village square a party was getting under way with a barbecue and a band consisting of sound-system , drums , electric guitar , bass guitar and electric keyboard . |
| 19 | The dismantling of that establishment is only just getting under way . |
| 20 | ISPRA , the EEC 's main nuclear research establishment , is now certain to be a ‘ favoured competitor ’ in an orgy of bidding for some £300 million worth of EEC-funded research into fusion technology that is now getting under way . |
| 21 | In Venice the Green Party , which has a passion verging on paranoia when it comes to the oil tankers has prevented the dredging of the canals getting under way in any meaningful sense . |
| 22 | The first will neither be abandoned nor genuinely prevail , and will merely sap the vitality of area after area of real ecclesial strength , thus preventing the second from getting under way . |
| 23 | A parents ' advice centre with a shop-front , which PADA asked the Council to provide , was nearly 18 months in getting under way . |
| 24 | It transpired that nothing dramatic had happened since they had left : tests on pairs of scissors at TVL headquarters were getting under way and Hugh Parnham , the third candidate for the Inside Out presenter 's job , had phoned from Scotland to say he would be back in London the next day for an interview . |
| 25 | He took Coleman several times through Sami Jafaar 's part in the Fawaz Younis affair and the circumstances of Jafaar 's subsequent posting to Switzerland for Operation polar Cap , which was just getting under way as the debriefing took place . |
| 26 | No time was lost in getting under way . |
| 27 | Childline 's executive director , Valerie Howarth , said she was delighted that fund raising was getting under way in Ulster . |
| 28 | The couple on board were lucky to escape alive , and with the season just getting under way , waterways officials say boat owners must make sure they 're shipshape . |
| 29 | Across the region , the battle for power is just getting under way ; 4 County Councils are now hung . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , back on the box , coverage of the 11th Winter Olympic Games was getting under way in Sapporo , Japan , with Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy billed as ‘ the greatest skier in the world ’ among the commentators . |