Example sentences of "that he [be] getting [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well obviously the sad reality of the thing does n't come home to , to our countrymen and a man comes up last week and tells me that he 's been paid off by the Daily Record he 's been working for them for thirty five years and he asked what how much pension will he have and says that he 's getting four years pension . |
| 2 | Er so er let's say that the ten percent rate applies , er mind you ten percent is a long way from where we are now , but it makes the figures easy to look at , so er let's say that he 's getting ten percent gross on his return on a building society , he 'd actually get seven and a half percent net , er so on his ten thousand he 's going to earn seven fifty . |
| 3 | His big thing at the moment does n't seem to be women but some ruined castle down in Berkshire that he 's getting restored . ’ |
| 4 | He revealed to ACCOUNTANCY that he is getting extra discounts of around 10% from the six major publishers that are now involved . |
| 5 | Though he sensed that he was getting close — his goal , the gringo brain behind the coup , of whom Miguelito had boasted . |
| 6 | But he was n't saying that he was getting eighteen thousand a year from Ffestiniog slate alone as a director 's bonus and he 's a director of the other quarries as well . |
| 7 | He was real glad that he was getting some acceptance . |
| 8 | It was ironic that while most of the men I knew seemed inclined to some form of polygamy , Syl , now that he was getting older and had less energy , should have decided on a monogamous relationship with me . |
| 9 | He realized that he was getting cold , clad as he was exclusively in a rather small towel , but decided to stick it out and pick up all of Davidson 's message . |
| 10 | He found that he was getting angry . |
| 11 | Indeed , it did n't seem quite impossible even to me , as he seemed to have reached a kind of plateau — no better but certainly no worse , free of pain and very happy — often informing me that he was getting stronger every day . |
| 12 | ‘ There were times when Sid James sowed dissatisfaction among the other artists by claiming that he was getting more than the others . |