Sentence examples for it was getting ready from inspiring English sources

The McDonald's Corporation said yesterday that it was getting ready to announce its first layoffs ever at its headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., but it had yet to set a definite number.

My eyes were slow to adjust to the darkness: I peered into it, was getting ready to turn and leave when an elderly woman came out of the dim hallway holding a white duster.

Back in August, Twitter announced that it was getting ready to roll out an ambitious new project: Geolocation.

Allen Wood, a JPL spokesperson, recalls how scientists lost contact with the Mars Observer 4 years ago, just as it was getting ready for orbit.

Ballistic defense units were deployed by Japan's Defense Ministry on land and sea after North Korea confirmed to UN agencies on Tuesday that it was getting ready to launch what it says it is an "earth observation satellite," sometime between February 8 and 25.

In my soul, without knowing it, I was getting ready to be sorry for the boy-man.

Everyone!" I was really looking forward to that... and as we were getting to it, I was getting ready to sing, and..

When I first received it, I was getting ready to leave my place and run some errands.

It said that while Apple has been using Google's maps database for its Maps app, it is getting ready to abandon it after acquiring three mapping companies.

Gawker Media is raising outside funding, and for a specific purpose — it says it's getting ready for its legal battle with Hulk Hogan.

Disney is so enthusiastic about the mobile market that it is getting ready to launch its own cell phone company.