Example sentences of "[be] getting [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He staggered , and I could see him thinking ‘ I 'm getting out of this for a bit ’ . |
| 2 | It was getting on for two in the afternoon as she crossed the Rådhuspladsen on her way towards the old part of the town . |
| 3 | There seemed nothing I could usefully add to whatever Henniker might be doing , and as it was getting on for half past twelve I decided to find a pub and a sandwich . |
| 4 | It was getting on for ten of the storm-lashed grim night clock when the headlights appeared . |
| 5 | A bomb blew up the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank building and the nearby NatWest tower on April 24th , just as life in London 's financial centre was getting back to normal after a similar episode in April 1992 . |