Example sentences of "as it be getting [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was unable to see his face but as it was getting dark , I was not surprised . |
| 2 | Stopped at a village as it was getting dark . |
| 3 | We paraded the following night as it was getting dark , the parade ground lit up by flaming torches with four tanks lined up as a backdrop to our ceremony . |
| 4 | He set out on foot as it was getting dark , and had already walked three or four miles when he saw a cart , half-full of hay , by the side of the road . |
| 5 | He was a little surprised by her request , as it was getting dark , and they were on a lonely hill some way from her house . |
| 6 | ‘ Suicide — suicide by drowning — about three or four hours ago , just as it was getting dark . |
| 7 | just as it was getting light . |