Example sentences of "[am/are] getting to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Oh yeah , ’ retorts Mike , ‘ at last you 're getting to the core of the issue . ’ |
2 | ‘ Oh yeah , ’ retorts Mike , ‘ at last you 're getting to the core of the issue . ’ |
3 | We 're getting to the point . |
4 | I think for a very small company this perhaps might be more complicated in computing terms than would be worthwhile , but as soon as you 're getting to the point of many orders in a week , then it can be exceedingly useful to be able to ask the computer to tell you for example what are all the outstanding orders , what are all the overdue orders , what is the stock position bearing in mind that some stock is committed for certain orders , what orders have we got with suppliers to us which are still outstanding , and questions of this sort , can make your business much more efficient . |
5 | You can pack it up , but you can still see the front so you know how near you 're getting to the end of your job . |
6 | ‘ I suppose we 're getting to the age when we 'd envy our sons if we had any . ’ |
7 | We 're getting to the stage where we are older than our readers . ’ |
8 | is what we 're going to do about start collecting in other regions , because we 're getting to the stage where we 've almost got North Yorkshire |
9 | I think this year speaking from memory it was something like fifteen , sixteen percent er , increase this year erm , but er , we 're getting to the stage now where it 's , it 's getting into profit and so we 're quite pleased with the growth there . |
10 | They 're getting to the stage where erm I shall have to prick them on . |
11 | I do n't mind dropping in and saying , hello , we we are getting to a size where , er I think it 's speci slightly impractical , I mean er I can see there was so might be useful to know there 's a new member of staff here , it 's either then say there was somebody wandering around , who are you and what are you doing here . |
12 | This yields 5.15 per cent , at the moment , but we are getting to a situation in the market which will probably be good news for the fund manager 's philosophy . |
13 | The majority of our assignment I would think now are getting to the resale position . |
14 | ‘ We are getting to the stage where the club v country conflict will explode . |
15 | I have a close friend who 's pregnant , and I 'm getting to the stage where I ca n't bear to see her because I just feel so jealous . |