Example sentences of "be getting [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They must be getting close now ; already Dalgliesh could see the soaring west tower and pinnacles of Ely Cathedral to the east .
2 It must be getting close
3 ‘ It must be getting bored buildings things at the moment , , he told Endill .
4 Anyway , he thought they would be drifting apart a bit now , perversely but predictably because they were seeing more of each other , not just weekends ; Stock stayed the night at the horrible little place in Islington quite often , but Slater thought Sara might be getting bored with the black-leather macho man .
5 But he continued : ‘ Because you wo n't be getting pregnant .
6 If you 've noticed that your hair parting seems to be getting wider , seek the advice of your GP or a trichologist ( hair and scalp expert ) .
7 Otherwise they 're gon na be getting two
8 We 'll be getting two hundred
9 Predictably , you seem to be getting all the flak for the Bill Davis/Alan Coren years of stagnation and complacency that led to the Punch you inherited a while back .
10 If you feed your Koi good , proprietary-branded food you can effectively stop worrying — they will be getting all they need .
11 So yes your spouse might be getting all your assets , but if you 're going o be seventy five or eighty by the time you 've gone and your spouse is seventy four or seventy nine or whatever , he or she may be a little bit past the running around that 's necessary the actual practicality of it .
12 Michael was livid that Hemmings , in the cloakrooms , seemed to be getting all the way with one of the girls while Crawford/Ingram was off in a corner with another girl — ‘ simply practising how long we could kiss ’ . ’
13 We 're gon na get em trained up in the garages before we actually launch , but they are able now to say they are approved installers so they will be getting all the stuff , everything in relation to it , I 've given em a list of the people involved in Nottinghamshire and it 's the launch is on the seventh March at West Bridgford , and basically the system is ready and up and running , thank the Lord after hard work by er Keith and us all at various times , but it 's been mainly down to Keith .
14 He 'll be getting all sorts for that young girl !
15 erm sort of , at fir , you know , at first I thought sometimes you know oh , you know what 's the matter with you like but , she admits herself , her I Q , you know how they judge your intelligence has gone right down , she has to have tests every now and again , er she ca n't concentrate on things , or , you know some things she just ca n't do any more , so she 's at , supposed to be getting all this compensation and it 's been going on now , it was two years ago , three years ago that we met them and she 's only just had the first part of her money , she 's had five thousand pounds , that 's all she can get for the time being all the rest is , cos all solicitors and everything and doctors having to come and check things , so she knows , she knows she 'll get money eventually , but er , it 's just when , but is n't it an awful thing ?
16 we 're gon na be getting all his marbles getting ready for going to the church .
17 Edward will be getting restive . ’
18 The problem seems to be getting worse .
19 Her headache seemed to be getting worse and worse , and Raffaella 's command of English slipped as she grew increasingly excited .
20 Her heels felt sore , and because there was so much walking , they seemed to be getting worse as the morning went on .
21 ‘ But he seems to be getting worse , not better , ’ protested Jenny .
22 Things seemed to be getting worse with every step she took .
23 Now Alan , first of all er have we learned anything do you think over the years or do we seem to be getting worse ?
24 Sadly the things seem to be getting worse .
25 There is nothing very new about it all Alf Ramsey was hounded out despite winning the World Cup , while Don Revie , Ron Greenwood and Bobby Robson came in for vilification but things do seem to be getting worse .
26 I mean we 're just giving a little bit of temporary relief in a situation which just seems to be getting worse and worse .
27 New lines in the Northern Corries must be getting scarce because only three were climbed recently , although White Magic was repeated by Graeme Ettle and quoted as straightforward V.
28 try and get some information on this they felt that they were confident that at the end of the day that erm , approval would be given but erm I I I asked for it in writing and they said we would n't be getting that .
29 Y I mean you they might have risen slightly , but you wo n't be getting that sort of investment return , you wo n't be paying any tax , and you 're guaranteed your money 's absolutely safe .
30 He wo n't be getting that .
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