Example sentences of "to [be] get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here are four to be getting along with : Melvyn Bragg 's Lake District , John Mortimer 's Tuscany , Jilly Cooper 's Somerset , Kingsley Amis 's Stomach . |
| 2 | It seemed to be getting nearer and nearer but we were still pretty cheerful . |
| 3 | 5 Which batsman seems to be getting steadily better ? |
| 4 | We ought to be seeking to build on the quite hopeful developments , in the greater Beirut area anyway , over the last few days , but instead we appear to be getting even more dog in the manger in our attitude towards Syria . |
| 5 | Whatever it was , it was very tinkly and repetitive , and often , just as he seemed to be getting somewhere , Meredith broke off and started all over again . |
| 6 | Just at the moment I seem to be getting somewhere , I 'm dragged off the case . ’ |
| 7 | For example Marie , a student at B who , in the first few weeks of term , felt herself to be getting behind with work , was concerned about the lack of help provided by the department : |
| 8 | The twelve pink piglets fought and worried along the row of teats ; they did n't seem to be getting much . |
| 9 | She seemed to be getting quite violent as I could feel the van sway from her leaning against it . |
| 10 | In short , an awful lot , since this is an information-packed service that is potentially of great use to us all , particularly at a time when it seems to be getting more and more difficult to get hard facts out of other parts of the aviation information system . |
| 11 | Hilda seemed to be getting more animated as her own bafflement and distress increased . |
| 12 | There had always been a possibility that the telephone call had been a hoax and this seemed to be getting more likely all the time . |
| 13 | ‘ Music seems to be getting more expressive now and a bit more rocky . |
| 14 | You seem to be getting very little thanks for all your hard work . |
| 15 | In situations where tempers are getting raised , we can stand back and make everyone aware of what is happening and the effect on progress : ‘ We all seem to be getting very heated about this , and we 've come a long way from the main issue . |
| 16 | ‘ She seems to be getting very good care where she is . |
| 17 | He seemed to be getting very religious all of a sudden . |
| 18 | use the word black seems to be getting very black . |
| 19 | It does n't seem to be getting very warm in here to me . |
| 20 | In many ways , we seem to be getting there . |
| 21 | But it appears to be getting less so , if government figures are to be believed . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll have to be getting home , ’ I said . |
| 23 | ‘ We ought to be getting home . |
| 24 | Now that interest rates are at historically low levels , considerable sums of money are moving out of the banks and building societies into equity based investments , the equity message seems to be getting home . |
| 25 | You go to bed as soon as , I do n't know where they are , because Dave is meant to be getting home at eleven o'clock this morning . |
| 26 | Well it is possible of course and I think that er the European Nations , including those in Eastern Europe er ought to be getting together to consult about what we can do , because I do n't think it 's right simply to send these refugees back as the er Italians have been doing , er in fact there likely to be amongst . |
| 27 | Celia and I have been battling away for months now and we do n't seem to be getting anywhere . |
| 28 | My masters appeared to agree with me , but in spite of a number of recommendations in accident reports we did not seem to be getting anywhere . |
| 29 | After all , you have n't been here anywhere near a week and you do n't seem to be getting anywhere . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't seem to be getting anywhere with this damn machine , ’ he said with exasperation . |