Sentence examples for on the point of getting from inspiring English sources

On the point of getting Franz into bed, Leo chivvies him into the bedroom and says: "I'll wash the glasses and be right in".

The day after the crash, former US president Harry Truman told reporters Hammarskjöld "was on the point of getting something done when they killed him.

Another teacher, Lorenz, a charismatic Norwegian 20 years her senior and on the point of getting a divorce, becomes her mentor and lover.

For two and a half years now, Jennifer Saunders has been on the point of getting round to writing the script for the Absolutely Fabulous movie.

Soon after Hammarskjöld's crash, US President Harry Truman reportedly told the New York Times that the secretary-general had been "on the point of getting something done when they killed him.

A heavy drinker could be a college student who drinks to the point of getting sick on Saturday nights but keeps up his grades and football practice.

The other nations could not be counted on to continue sanctions beyond the point of getting a nuclear deal along the lines that were reached in the JCPA after almost two years of intense negotiations.

And what was the point of getting hung up on how much things cost?

After all, what's the point of getting your hands on, say, the most wonderful, fresh, British carrot imaginable only to mask its pure, "carroty" taste under layers and layers of other flavours?

The official line, that the suspects were on the point of fleeing, got some confirmation from the fact that one of them did indeed get away to Cyprus, where he was arrested and then, inexplicably, bailed.At any rate, neither America nor Russia seem to have any desire to jeopardise the "reset" in their relations.

It's not surprising that teachers aren't jumping at the chance to instruct 16-year-olds on the finer points of getting off.