Example sentences of "it [be] [v-ing] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , you know , I mean , if the Uni goes to ten thousand in what what is it , it 's getting up for about ninety five , ninety six ? |
| 2 | ‘ It 's getting on for an hour since we left Cartier . ’ |
| 3 | And now ’ — The Fat Controller consulted his watch ; an endomorphic gold Rolex had replaced the full hunter — ‘ it 's getting on for nine-thirty . |
| 4 | I 've done it since I was , well it 's getting on for fifteen years now . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's coming up for midnight , ’ said Shirley , with some relief , pointing at the quartz carriage clock on the mantelpiece . |
| 6 | It 's going on for quite some time . |
| 7 | Do you know it is , it 's a little tiny but it 's going on for ages and ages . |
| 8 | Well if she gets here at quarter past seven and three hours is quarter past ten , and she 's supposed to be at the Penny Farthing at nine o'clock , so you know , I , I do n't feel as though we are you know getting erm our money 's worth from her at the moment , erm also erm she told me in the beginning that this was only go on was going on for about six weeks , well it has now been going on for over eight weeks and she now says that erm she does n't know how longer it 's going on for and I think she is just erm stalling us . |
| 9 | The council says that it is speaking up for smokers . |
| 10 | In short answers unless it is crying out for a diagram do n't bother because you 'll spend five minutes drawing the diagram , labelling it , explaining what D P and D S means and it just wo n't work it definition , application , measurement problems , contention , |
| 11 | This follows ICL 's successful implementation of a departure control system for airline Cathay Pacific ( CI No 1,842 ) , and the work it is carrying out for the on-line departure system planned for the Channel Tunnel passenger rail services ( CI No 2,016 ) . |
| 12 | It is gearing up for its second consecutive presidential election in November , with candidates ranging from far right to soft left , and front-runners representing the centre . |
| 13 | It was getting on for ‘ good night ’ time when I fell in with an old lady who complained that the naughty children of Sligo pulled her ivy down and swore at her . |
| 14 | Now it was getting on for five o'clock . |
| 15 | Then began a remarkable conversation which went on for some time ; it was getting on for five when she left . |
| 16 | It was getting on for 5 o'clock and the village were batting . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It was getting on for two in the afternoon as she crossed the Rådhuspladsen on her way towards the old part of the town . |
| 19 | It was getting on for ten of the storm-lashed grim night clock when the headlights appeared . |
| 20 | It was getting on for Tony-Coton-at-Man-City-last-august standards . |
| 21 | Soon she was completely absorbed , and when she finally straightened and looked at her watch she was staggered to find it was getting on for six o'clock . |
| 22 | By then it was getting on for lunchtime but , sauntering through the colonnade , she could n't resist first climbing a flight of stairs to take a look at some of the splendid Bohemian glassware on display . |
| 23 | ‘ I forgot the hour , ’ he added , and when Fabia , glancing at her watch , saw that , incredibly , it was getting on for three , she realised that when Ven was working it must be that he did n't give thought to food . |
| 24 | She 'll go up up the path and all I could see was this cat , and it was hanging on for dear life up this big tree and there |
| 25 | We wondered , out loud and quite often , what was going on and how long it was going on for , but by the end of May we knew that something was definitely in the wind . |
| 26 | And it bounced and bounced and bounced and I thought it was going on for ages but it did n't . |
| 27 | It was coming down for her . |