Example sentences of "getting on [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | You will also experience playing as a member of a team in various sports , and how , by co-operating and getting on with other people , you can make a team more successful . |
| 2 | Youngsters falling out was one thing , but just as worrying were reports that some of the more mature boys and girls were getting on with each other just a little too well . |
| 3 | and they were all fine , erm getting on with that place as good as they can |
| 4 | New Testbooks : Two new books of tests covering Starting Out and Getting On with one test per chapter and a Progress Chart for students to keep . |
| 5 | — ( in answer to How are you getting on with those jobs I asked you to do ? ) |
| 6 | Talking of bitches , how are you getting on with old Sinbad in Cas. ? ’ |
| 7 | Left materials plus work to be getting on with next week . |
| 8 | I 'd be far better employed in getting on with some work . ’ |
| 9 | Going for a walk , arranging to meet a friend , or just getting on with some DIY , hobby , or relaxation exercises are all likely to occupy the mind more effectively . |
| 10 | That 's like getting on for thirty P a yoghurt . |
| 11 | And it must be , I 've been up here twenty-three years , it must be getting on for thirty years old that teapot and er I could n't have afforded that money for that stainless steel teapot , as those days , but I had it with my divi . |
| 12 | ‘ I was getting on for thirty years of age , with the retarded emotions of an adolescent , and the only excuse I have is that I 'd spent most of my youth pursuing excellence rather than women . ’ |
| 13 | Making and editing getting on for fifty films would take time , but Karajan was well ahead of the game . |
| 14 | It was not that unpleasant memories were evoked , for these were always with him , his existence was inseparable from that old bitterness , but that a sight of the house , even the glimpse of a photograph , revived the precise feelings he had had — why , it must be getting on for eleven years ago . |
| 15 | It must be getting on for eleven years now since … ’ |
| 16 | One late summer morning when Celia was getting on for four years old , Harriet drove back to Four Winds after one of her solo shopping-trips and was surprised to find Liza sitting outside with a young woman of about her own age . |
| 17 | Yeah the other the other factor is now that that data is getting on for twelve months old |
| 18 | ‘ Ooh , well , let's see now , I s'pose it must be getting on for six weeks , now , ’ Cyril said . |
| 19 | I 've done it since I was , well it 's getting on for fifteen years now . |
| 20 | My hon. Friend is a charming relative newcomer to this place and we are delighted that she is here , but if she had been here as long as I have — getting on for 18 years now — she would have heard me banging on about exactly that point . |
| 21 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
| 22 | ‘ She 's getting on for twenty-one years old , and perfectly capable of looking after herself . ’ |
| 23 | Twice as large as the Atlantic and getting on for three times the size of the Indian Ocean , it is bigger than all the land surface of the earth , including Antarctica , and with Africa counted twice . |
| 24 | I am less sure about the Andantino grazioso , which could be more relaxed than here ; it 's as if the performers are anxious that this longish ( and to be honest , maybe too long ) movement should not outstay its welcome , and even here it lasts getting on for three minutes longer than either of the others . |
| 25 | They had to walk , and a real hike it was — getting on for three miles I think . |
| 26 | By the end of the 1730s Truman 's Brewery had getting on for 300 publicans on the books , though less than a tenth were tied houses actually owned by the brewery . |
| 27 | I think the , this is quite well illustrated by the figures on employees , where the numbers employed fell by getting on for ten percent , though our spending on employees remained about the same , partly as a result of pay increases , partly also , as a result of changes in the profile of grades of the staff at the Council , and a movement towards better staff , better paid , and then finally the saving we make each year as turnover of staff occurs , and we do n't have to pay salaries during the handover period from one person to another , that saving that has reduced because the turnover of staff has reduced . |
| 28 | I still , getting on for 40 years later , revisit some of those breathtaking old haunts but nowadays , I fear , by more sedentary means . |
| 29 | You know the sys that I mean that 's the system this is say this is the key to a good getting on for eighty percent |
| 30 | ‘ I liked the doctor , ’ said Betty after a while , getting on to firmer ground . |