Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [v-ing] [adv] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Research is spilling out of the broking houses by the shovelful , but often straight into the fund manager 's bin . |
| 2 | The label of his white cotton underwear is sticking out of the top of his pants . |
| 3 | If the court is satisfied ( by affidavit or other evidence ) that prompt personal service can not be effected because the debtor is keeping out of the way so as to avoid service , it may order substituted service in such manner as it thinks fit . |
| 4 | THE Scottish economy is moving out of the shadow of public sector clouds into a brighter private sector-led future , the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , claimed yesterday . |
| 5 | Soon , though , smoke is coming out of the straw-stack and hot sun is turning the water into steam . |
| 6 | A woman is coming out of the house . |
| 7 | He can do nothing , though , because the stuffing is coming out of the armchair he is sitting in , and before anything else can happen he has to decide whether to get it re-covered or buy a new one . |
| 8 | Mum is staying out of the kitchen . |
| 9 | The rate at which heat is flowing out of the Moon was measured at the Apollo 15 and 17 landing sites , but because of the unknown distribution of energy sources in the Moon , the poorly known thermal conductivity of subsurface materials , and the likelihood that the Apollo 15 and 17 results do not typify the whole Moon , the heat-flow measurements do not much constrain models of the lunar interior . |
| 10 | The table is coming out of the alcove and the armchair is going in . |