Example sentences of "[conj] getting [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After two months , Joy 's enjoyment of tricking the customers was decreasing , there was still no difference and the customers were just as rude or getting even worse , for more ‘ skinnys ’ were arriving and ordering more food . |
| 2 | With the parents we interviewed erm not only did all of them see their own role as being helpers and supporters of their children as being a very important one , but a very very large number of them were doing extra teaching at home or getting even paid tutors in to help with their children . |
| 3 | It really is not there 's nothing worse in life than getting to old age , or getting anywhere with no money . |
| 4 | The rest are too busy worrying about holding on to what they have or getting more . ’ |
| 5 | At night we gather in the bar before hitting the nightspots of Lloret 's West End , or getting together with the other hotels for a party or disco night . |
| 6 | Right now , that seemed almost more important than getting away from Julius . |
| 7 | Unbeaten Rangers are the surprise Premier pacemakers , and manager Gerry Francis admitted : ‘ Staying at the top will be a lot more difficult than getting there . |
| 8 | Full of expectations , the travelling is more fun than getting there . |
| 9 | Well er I think that getting away the oh you live in Nottingham , oh fancy that you know , you , you know where you 're starting , you know , everyone either works for Boots or used to work for Boots and , you know , you 've got a rough idea , you , you , you do n't need to go into the oh fancy that you know , all that 's arranged so erm I think i i it 's , i i i it 's the middle of September when we either go to Los Angeles , I think we go to Los Angeles , and fool around Hollywood and San Diego and places and down to see a and then away off to erm Las Vegas and Flagstaff you know about this meteor crater in Flagstaff , that apparently is why you go to Flagstaff tt a meteor came , the meteor crater is there tt and then the Grand Canyon and go through national park which San Francisco and erm spend erm two or three days there and then come back again . |
| 10 | ‘ I have a nasty feeling that getting anywhere might take some time . ’ |
| 11 | Several people mentioned that getting as far as the interview was the main problem . |
| 12 | It is traffic-free ( motorised baggage trolleys ) which means that getting there involves a delightful half-hour train journey . |
| 13 | Alyssia had planned to spend the entire fortnight relaxing on the beach , drinking in the sun and getting gloriously tanned . |
| 14 | ‘ So there am I spending the rest of that day with you in my thoughts , and getting barely any rest from thoughts of you when I try to sleep at night either . ’ |
| 15 | By this year 's conference , held last month at the Abbey Hotel in Great Malvern , the ‘ exceptionally rapid and radical change ’ Mr Scott had predicted appeared to be all too close and getting closer . |
| 16 | But I suppose in a way they would have then been contemplating selling their own house and getting somewhere else before in fact |
| 17 | That said , Leeds started well , flicking the ball about running into space and getting pretty much encamped in the Swindon half . |
| 18 | Rope breaks usually occur through inattention and getting badly out of position . |
| 19 | We were gigging and getting well paid for it . |
| 20 | Must love going out and getting well sloshed , and having a mega-good time . |
| 21 | And getting well |
| 22 | they always come just just as I 'm getting on and getting well luckily enough I got me me lounge done first thing this morning . |
| 23 | Having spent many years arguing for government support for the British fashion industry — and getting nowhere — she can not be blamed for opting to manufacture and show abroad . |
| 24 | Under steam and getting nowhere |
| 25 | For you , desire is a mobile flung in all directions and getting nowhere . |
| 26 | After living as a vagrant for several more months and getting nowhere in his search for Katya , Grandfather Denknetzeyan decided to leave his beloved Russia . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , we 're working fifteen-hour days and getting nowhere . |
| 28 | He turned to the Indian again , asking questions in Spanish and getting nowhere . |
| 29 | and getting nowhere and you 're saying I think I 'm thor thoroughly annoyed about all this |
| 30 | ‘ She could n't walk , or bend , and getting upstairs to her own room was impossible because she was in too much pain , ’ says Janet . |