Example sentences of "was getting at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why of course they meet each other here , ’ Johnny declared , pretending he did not know what Luke was getting at . |
| 2 | Now 54 , he earns double what he was getting at Narva , and is helping to develop business with east German companies . |
| 3 | She knew , of course , what her husband was getting at but , perversely , she did not help him out . |
| 4 | I knew what he was getting at , of course , and I was so hurt that he should think he had to approach me in such a roundabout fashion — as if I was a terrible , uncharitable woman who had to be coaxed into a simple act of kindness — that I suggested it myself at once , though it was really the last thing I wanted . |
| 5 | The last few hours had so driven my off-duty life from my mind that , momentarily , I had no idea what she was getting at . |
| 6 | Although he does not speak there of properties as being natural or not , his account of the sense in which for him there is such a thing as intrinsic value does , I think , serve as an account of what he was getting at in regarding good as non-natural . |
| 7 | He seemed to realize what I was getting at at last , and glanced round the ward at all the aged but fascinated faces turned in our direction . |
| 8 | And we stood there , me with a great big frown on my face , quite mystified that William could n't see what I was getting at … and William smiling but looking equally puzzled that I appeared to be incapable of understanding what he meant . |
| 9 | ‘ I hope you did n't think I was getting at you and Roy . |
| 10 | Matthew allowed a small uncomprehending frown to appear , though he knew exactly what the chairman was getting at . |
| 11 | ‘ Not in so many words , but I 'm pretty sure that was what he was getting at . ’ |
| 12 | She could n't see what he was getting at . |
| 13 | Jessamy began to realise what he was getting at . |
| 14 | Propaganda could be effective — this was what Eliot was getting at — only by ceasing to be mere propaganda . |
| 15 | Then she quashed the thought ; naturally he would pretend to be surprised , to have no idea of what she was getting at . |
| 16 | Half the time it was n't Clemence she was getting at — it was me . |
| 17 | It took Zen a moment to see what Bartocci was getting at . |
| 18 | er you were , you were saying that er for some people the group is a kind of a danger cos it takes something away from them , and that 's certainly true , but the th the point I was , I was getting at was that |
| 19 | He knew she was getting at him — imagine a man like Marc Vila admitting to being foolish ever ! — but if she kept calm like this she could undermine him just as he had tried to undermine her . |
| 20 | that was getting at her before we left |
| 21 | I said well thanks , I knew what he was getting at , I said I 'm not sure but then he started saying cos , well , you know , what , if you want somebody to go with you like , I 'll got , I started going up |
| 22 | Well she was getting at Koo Stark ! |
| 23 | because he said that when I came into that corner I pulled in I 'd slowed too much and then had to drive round , drive round the corner with my left foot flat on the floor and I thought oh , should n't your left foot be flat on the floor when you corner and that 's probably what he was getting at , as I could off been slipping the clutch . |
| 24 | what she was getting at , she knew exactly what she was shopping for , she went into that shop , there was the list , it was handed in , I bet it took her less time to shop then , than it did later when she went shopping with a vague idea well I must n't forget this , I must n't forget that , but then the wandering around sort of oh that looks nice and I fancy that |