Example sentences of "[was/were] getting [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I heard they were getting great preview reaction . ’ |
| 2 | But we know this is marble chippings you know you were getting this carbon dioxide off . |
| 3 | Nevertheless their energy and inventiveness were getting some development experts excited . |
| 4 | He was getting that Mary Celeste feeling . |
| 5 | It had looked as if Robert Palmer was getting Digital Equipment Corp back onto an even keel , but now comes cause for great concern . |
| 6 | It had looked as if Robert Palmer was getting Digital Equipment Corp back onto an even keel , but now comes cause for great concern : too many companies decide that if the product is having a tough time in the market , the answer is to change the packaging , and DEC is tarting up its famous lower-case ‘ digital ’ logo , which has stood the company in excellent stead since 1957 ; the updated logo features ‘ a more contemporary typeface and slight modifications to the spacing of the design 's blocks ’ , and the white letters now appear on a burgundy background instead of the traditional blue — and we hope the company gets some very tough questioning at the annual meeting over the cost . |
| 7 | Late last year I was getting terrible stomach pains . |
| 8 | And I made sure I blabbed a bit to her , even contradicting in inessential details some of the earlier relations to the Colonel , so that he might think he was getting better quality intelligence this way . |
| 9 | I was getting some drawing prep once and what I was actually told to draw was a towel hanging over a chair . |
| 10 | In the Post Office while I was trying to phone Prague , Irena was getting free phone calls in exchange for correcting a German text for the manager , and when we went to a bookshop she had a friend who sold her books at half price . |