Sentence examples for list getting from inspiring English sources

"And she shares the mission of Emily's List — getting more Democratic women into office.

In the meantime, Mr. Kiekel will try to fulfill the other half of his long-term to-do list: getting Eric Clapton to come to the BoxCar stage.

Honda's Insight topped the list, getting 60 miles a gallon in the city, followed closely by the Prius, with 59 miles a gallon.

"My plan is to help the middle class," Mr. Romney says directly to the camera as he ticks off a to-do list: getting tough on China, balancing the budget, cutting the deficit and championing small business.

To prevent the list getting even longer and uglier, the convention's signatory countries belatedly tried to set up a policing mechanism to be discussed this week in Geneva, for final adoption in November.

Regularly, in his telling, he actually is a conspirator, a rock 'n' roll Zelig gently bumping up against history -- with Cash at his Folsom Prison concert, giving Dylan ideas for his set list, getting uppers from Waylon Jennings.

The list gets more baffling.

The Pim Fortuyn List got 26.

Did the list get too big?

This list gets weirder and weirder.

The more we ate, the longer my list got.