Sentence examples for getting close to getting from inspiring English sources

"I started getting close to getting jobs - repeatedly.

"We're getting close to getting left out of the playoff race already," Pennington said.

"We're getting close to getting the business plan finalised, and then we hope to be up and running pretty intensely by September [2012]," he said at the time.

Ritch Savin-Williams, a professor of human development at Cornell University, said that the question of gay men and lesbians in the military was now over the hump, and that same-sex marriage was getting close to getting over the 50 percent mark in terms of popular support in California.

"We're really getting close to getting a beta out," said Mr. de Lackner, using the industry term for a product that will be sent free to potential customers in the hope that they give it a try and report its flaws to the engineers.

"I'm getting close to getting back to where I want to be, and that's pleasing with a couple of big months ahead," said Murray.

I think I'm getting closer to getting it.

Senator Gerald Cardinale seems to be getting closer to getting his wish to require schoolchildren to recite daily the passage of the Declaration of Independence that begins "We hold these truths to be self-evident".

It's 25 years since Hillsborough, and the families are getting closer to getting justice for the victims so that's something which I think has made it a lot more emotional this season with Liverpool doing so well.

"We're getting closer to getting paid for every eyeball that watches our shows," said Moonves, speaking at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York. .

8. Speaking of cornerbacks … rookie cornerback Deiondre Halll was inactive once again but he's getting closer to getting back into action too.