What's not so clear is just when people should start thinking of themselves as getting on in years.

She's not dead, but she must be getting on in years.

I know nothing about him except he's getting on in years.

Now that he's getting on in years, I do almost everything here.

You really had to make an effort to realise she was getting on in years.

Of course, she was getting on in years even then, and everyone worried about her.

He is getting on in years, and London was always his calling.

Most of the local black politicians are getting on in years, too.

Was I going to replace them just because they were getting on in years?

She's their only child, and they're getting on in years.

For it is not to be surprised at, since he was getting on in years.

The captain is getting on in years, he doesn't know what he's saying.

He could not say how many inmates were getting on in years.

You may be getting on in years, but you're far from stupid.

How time flies when one is getting on in years.

I do not suppose they had much trouble, for, as you say, he was getting on in years.

Many people decide to move from a large house to a smaller one when they find themselves getting on in years.

When they were grown, she was truly getting on in years.

He was getting on in years and this way of life could not continue indefinitely.

Not that Ham doesn't know his business, but he's getting on in years.

Still, the city is a mixed blessing for those getting on in years.

Well, she's getting on in years can't last much longer, I shouldn't wonder.

"I'm getting on in years, and I really want to do some positive things as well.

We all knew that he was getting on in years, but somehow it seemed as if he'd be here forever.

Getting on in years, he might well have considered the possibility of never seeing his homeland again.