51.   When the deadline approaches, things can get a little hairy.

52.   There were too many wallflowers at the party, so things never really got lively.

53.   Neither of them ever forgot their marital vows, no matter how hard things sometimes got.

54.   Things are slowly getting better.

55.   He was hopeful that things would get better soon.

56.   My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.

57.   If things get too complicated, he told himself, not for the first time in the last few months, I can always make a run for it.

58.   When things got really bad, Mr Shakespeare used the whistle.

59.   Before things could get really awkward, there was a movement from the other end of the hall.

60.   I let things get to me.