Example sentences of "she [be] get [adv] " in BNC.

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1 She 's gotten too grand for us , ’ Aunt Sarah said .
2 And this could be why she 's getting nowhere .
3 She 's getting pretty annoyed .
4 She 's getting there .
5 Oh , if it 's an old facial thing she 's getting real fatter ?
6 so er , it 'll be nice for them in the summer , especially for the little sister , now she 's getting more confident in the summer like they can go to all the shows and that
7 She 's getting quite good I think .
8 She 's getting really old , she 's really horrible to my mother .
9 She 's erm , ta , she 's got Alzheimer 's and she 's getting really bad , she 's getting a danger to herself and she 's got to go away to tomorrow .
10 So , er , she 's getting ever so grubby looking now , I reckon very soon we 'll gon na have to talk about getting some more er covers .
11 That she is more liable to leave work just when she is getting most useful [ in other words ] there are more changes in a crowd of women workers than in a crowd of men workers.32
12 She was getting decidedly fed up .
13 Mum could see she was getting nowhere so she tried shedding a tear or two .
14 Seeing she was getting nowhere with Paul , he had taken over and saved her from having to cope with a great deal of harassment .
15 She was getting nowhere now .
16 ‘ But … but you said — well , you intimated — no , s-said , I 'm sure , ’ she stammered , not surprised that she was getting thoroughly mixed up , ‘ you said that you were n't furious with me any more . ’
17 Mr Pattison said : ‘ They started to push her from behind and she could hear that she was getting nearer and nearer the River Skerne .
18 And he said she was getting dead pathetic and saying , who finished with who ?
19 She was getting pretty good at inventing details for him to note down .
20 She was getting quite neurotic , Harriet reflected , and the same thought occurred to her now as she checked her image in the full length mirror , tucking her camisole top more neatly in at the waist of her pants and straightening the ornamental clasp of the loose belt she had fastened around her hips .
21 Every time he addressed her she felt her body freeze , though she was getting much better at hiding her reactions .
22 She rang in on the fifth day to say she was no better and did n't feel she was getting anywhere .
23 She was getting as bad as Lizzie .
24 I pointed out that it was silly to argue over such good fortune — that if she was getting so much pleasure , it did n't matter what the cause was !
25 Not to be unique had seemed to her intolerable , but she was getting more sensible .
26 She was getting too suspicious these days .
27 She was getting too damned arrogant .
28 but she was getting there , her and Bren were er conferring you see I 'd sort of gone through what I 'd done and every now and again she 'd say well I 've done this and I 'd say well it 's right .
29 It became out-of-hand and I had to stop Rose , for after all Miss Ironside was my guest and she was getting very angry and upset .
30 She was getting very near him when he suddenly turned a corner .
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