Example sentences of "and getting [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There is a connection between taking the drug and getting hot , dehydrated and exhausted from prolonged dancing . ’ |
| 2 | Graham suddenly noticed the room was crowded , and getting hot . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | You know , young , homeless people we pick up on this bus and er , we have , we we 've sort of ended up pursuing their cases with the housing department and getting temporary accommodation . |
| 5 | Okay Chair , that 's just a note that it er , it 's a matter we 've raised with this Committee on several occasions in the past , and getting close I think to being able to present some detailed figures as to the likely costs in future , of firemen 's pension sch scheme to Shropshire County Council . |
| 6 | I loved going under the car and getting greasy ! ’ she said . |
| 7 | ‘ And getting bigger all the time . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Everything feels fine — nice and hard and getting bigger every day . |
| 10 | The prey was distancing itself fast from the hunters ; the scent , as Myeloski knew , was still cold and getting colder . |
| 11 | It was still bloody cold and getting colder . |
| 12 | The most revealing thing he said , though , was that his image of rugby is a lot of guys putting their heads together and getting dirty and drinking beer after the game . |
| 13 | And getting nine caps in one year is something special . |
| 14 | Will he be having any talks with the Cairns group of countries , which involves major food producers such as Australia and New Zealand and is dedicated to getting rid of all subsidies , tariffs and quotas which put extra costs on food , and getting good-quality , cheap food back on the shelves — policies from which our farmers have absolutely nothing to fear ? |
| 15 | erm , because she 's , she 's quite big for her age , but like Louise she 's quite tall now , she 's nearly too tall for him even though there 's nothing of her she must only be about seven stone , erm , but this little Vicky she 's oh thinking she 's really good now and she 's improved so much and getting confident as well , and the dad takes in , he puts the bridle on him , he takes the dog in one hand and Min in the other he goes for walks for miles with the , with the horse and the dog Dave does |
| 16 | ‘ We certainly wo n't be changing our style of play and getting involved in a forward battle . ’ |
| 17 | Problems of making ends meet , financing special projects , and getting involved in public commissions and placements are often all interlinked . |
| 18 | ‘ So to continue : just when everything seemed to be going right — Rob settling down and getting serious over Heather , and Stella recovering — you came along . |
| 19 | Maybe Rohan had thought so too , and gone for a walk , rather than hang around waiting , and getting frozen . |
| 20 | It can be overcome if you recognise that you are tired and getting complacent , but the onset is very gradual and often you do not recognise that anything is wrong . |
| 21 | And getting richer all the time , they say . |
| 22 | They take their night 's work seriously and do the rounds of local houses , carting bundles of trash to the tip for a few pennies , and getting first pick of each load . |
| 23 | The choice of judges is fairly important and getting one or two well-known personalities on the panel could be a booster for the competition . |
| 24 | He got as far as lifting his head and getting one shoulder off the seat , but then collapsed back onto the leather , and let his eyes close . |
| 25 | Hollywood 's six-million-dollar man ditches his mad Martin Riggs persona as seen in the ‘ Lethal Weapon ’ series and cleans up his image in ‘ Forever Young ’ , a film about taking risks , seizing the moment and getting one more chance , which opens in Belfast today . |
| 26 | A Mathematics class working through sums with half the children in a state of total incomprehension and getting all the examples wrong , while others spend fruitless time doing sum after sum on a process which they had mastered weeks previously ; |
| 27 | The British Invasion was underway , but the women were still good girls looking for great guys — Cilla , Sandie , Dusty , Lulu — while the blues boom lads were getting laid and getting all the plaudits . |
| 28 | Er , it 's just I feel that I 've worked all my days and did without and er er had put savings away and things like that so that when I stopped working to have children I would have money , but if you were means tested , and the money is for the children as well , anyway and the people who , you know , I do n't mean that all people , a lot of people who are supposedly not having money , and getting all these things , they sell them and things like that . |
| 29 | Erm but yes , lots of people from the flats , either taking part in terms of sitting on the committee and doing all the planning and getting all the various permissions that you needed to do all sorts of things . |
| 30 | And getting all the rhymes correct , |