getting near

On getting near, however, and perceiving that Randolph was holding his own, Douglas chivalrously halted his men.

We should be getting near the floating lights of the Goodwin sands by this time.

He must soon, he thought, be getting near the opening at the Stone-pits: he should find it out by the break in the hedgerow.

Needless to remark, all this made me very happy and contented, for I felt I must now be getting near the home of some white men.

It would not be dark for an hour, but the gray obscurity that had hidden the bluff was getting near.