Example sentences of "[prep] getting [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After getting physically very weak as the result of being unable to eat without extreme discomfort , a few weeks ago Molly was admitted to the Royal Homeopathic Hospital Great Ormond Street where doctors found and dealt with a severe restriction in her stomach . |
| 2 | Five fish have died , mostly after getting extremely thin . |
| 3 | The Southampton study suggested a ‘ New Driver Scheme ’ which would mean new drivers would appear in court after getting only four or six penalty points . |
| 4 | The strike had ended soon after he had commenced this venture so he was again at work during the day , as a machinist , but after getting home at 6 p.m. and hastily eating a meal , he went into his ( or should I say , the communal ) bedroom , and worked long into the night . |
| 5 | Getting the basic underlying grid structure right is the simple most important step towards getting better looking pages . |
| 6 | For , when she had woken up , rather late that morning , her usual brightness had been replaced by a quiet , sinking unhappiness , and instead of getting straight out of bed and opening the curtains to see what kind of weather was there , she had huddled down between the sheets , reluctant to face anything . |
| 7 | It would be like taking London 's M25 or Washington 's beltway , in the hope of getting somewhere ; all you would do is go round and round in circles . |
| 8 | This suggestion is not dissimilar to the recommended way of getting closer to children by working together over a third object , such as a drawing , or a jigsaw puzzle . |
| 9 | The lower you duck and the harder F pulls back , the better chance there is of getting well forwards on the boom . |
| 10 | There is also the temptation to make the questionnaire too long in the hope of getting just that little bit more information , this can more than defeat its object by reducing the response rate . |
| 11 | She always mentions them in her winner 's speech but maybe the players taking part should take a moment to think what makes it possible for them to perform , and maybe say ‘ thank you ’ for all the years of loyalty from these people , instead of getting away from them as fast as they can . |
| 12 | With the amount of work that was to be dealt with during the coming months his chances of getting away from the hospital much before eight or nine any evening were very slight . |
| 13 | If your idea of getting away from it all is relaxation , the best of English countryside and the good things of life , then Somerset 's the place for you . |
| 14 | A thousand miles from Bristol for all the chance she had of getting away . |
| 15 | Floyd , who has just finished filming in the Far East and has his autobiography and a cookery book in the pipeline , plus a new TV series , dreams of getting away from it all . |
| 16 | Councillors decided he had n't a prayer of getting away with it . |
| 17 | If caravanning and camping are your favourite way of getting away from it all them the selection of excellent sites around the county means you wo n't be disappointed in choosing Nottinghamshire as your holiday destination . |
| 18 | You seldom did — there so often seemed to be a story breaking just as you were thinking of getting away . |
| 19 | I did it for a bet — with one of my uncles , his side being that I would n't stick to anything — and because it seemed as good a way as any of getting away from home , but I was not uninterested and I have not forgotten my subject . ’ |
| 20 | It gave the clients confidence in my abilities , and also told them any hopes they may have had of getting away with a fifty dollar fee should be left with the receptionist . |
| 21 | A prairie dog that knows what it 's up against may have a better chance of getting away safely . |
| 22 | So it is really a way of of getting away from just everything being in Westminster . |
| 23 | He 's not stupid , he 'd know he had n't a hope of getting away with it . ’ |
| 24 | And if the man were as confident of getting away with MacQuillan 's murder as Wickham believed him to be , she could put herself at risk . |
| 25 | She would need all her wits if she were to stand any chance of getting away from him . |
| 26 | If only there was some other means of getting away from this place . |
| 27 | She could see the attraction of eating in here on an evening like this , apart from the one of getting away from her , of course . |
| 28 | Oh , I was reasonably discreet and fortunately I was in a job where the hours were irregular — thus maximising the chance of getting away with dalliance . |
| 29 | Hurriedly she glanced round , assessing her chances of getting away if she made a run for it , then started nervously when the second man took a deliberate step sideways to effectively block her path . |
| 30 | This is seen as an important means of getting away from the elitist concept and encouraging everyone to take a longer view , even if his or her immediate task involves short-term objectives . |