Example sentences of "[prep] be [v-ing] out of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where it is seen by work colleagues to be getting out of kilter , informal controls can be used to restore equilibrium . |
| 2 | When it seemed to be getting out of hand , he insisted that its aim was to improve the system , not to change it . |
| 3 | Live well with all creatures is an apt dictum for today , because we seem as humans to be getting out of balance with the rest of the world 's occupants . |
| 4 | What is alarming , however , is that the whole system appears to be getting out of balance . |
| 5 | Little waves of lightning seemed to be flashing out of her eyes . |
| 6 | His little blue bright eyes , hard and round , that seemed this morning to be protruding out of the shallow creamy lakes around them , were full of hate for her . |
| 7 | This is a difficult story to understand because Jesus seems to be acting out of character . |
| 8 | They 're much more likely to be acting out of self interest . |
| 9 | We were able to help him … we can see their house from our bedroom and we just happened to be looking out of the window at the time , do n't you know . ’ |
| 10 | Chung Lew , chief equities trader at Kleinwort Benson in New York , said : ‘ The market has become very high on a valuation basis and investors seem to be switching out of stocks into other areas such as bonds . ’ |
| 11 | He seemed to be dozing out of sheer idleness , with his head against the wall . |
| 12 | Very often , puberty for example , that depression will become more enhanced , so it might present itself as a problem that seems to be rising out of puberty , but as time goes on and through school help that does n't seem to be resolving that problem , I think that 's the point at which the specialist within the school , the teacher within the school , must think about , ‘ This does n't seem to be resolving itself . |
| 13 | But some quite surprising right-wing converts to the idea seem to be popping out of the woodwork , attracted by Mr Lawson 's mistitled idea of ‘ competing currencies ’ . |
| 14 | His eyes seemed to be popping out of his head in uncontrollable anger . |
| 15 | The nun 's eyes seemed to be popping out of her head as she again wielded the ruler . |
| 16 | Crush eggs and caterpillars when seen : trap fruit species with grease bands ; spray with a contact insecticide , or a systemic one if you suspect them to be feeding out of sight . |
| 17 | Well , volunteers for the diet seemed to be coming out of the woodwork ! |
| 18 | Looking down I saw they were in a puddle of water that had n't been there at the start and seemed to be oozing out of the ground . |
| 19 | As his strong hands began to gently sponge the sand and sea water from her trembling body her emotions seemed to be spinning out of control . |
| 20 | He added : ‘ Bryan seemed to be going out of his way to play a father 's role with the children . |
| 21 | In the 70s , voluntary organisations seemed almost to be going out of existence . |
| 22 | As said , all the District Councillors are opposed to it , I 'm opposed to it , and there 's very clear cut Highways Authority reasons for refusing , but in spite of that District Council seems to be going out of its way to bend over backwards and , and help the , the applicants for some reason or another , presumably to get this thing through . |
| 23 | The front half of a fox , paws and all , its rear end replaced by a shield-shaped slab of polished wood , appeared to be leaping out of the wall just below the picture rail , in the manner of a circus dog emerging from a paper hoop . |
| 24 | ‘ Nowadays , David might reasonably be thought a part of this , but at that time he too seemed to be running out of steam . |
| 25 | Sequent is targeting Oracle NLM users and OS/2 estimated to be running out of power . |
| 26 | Sequent is targeting Oracle NetWare Loadable Module users and OS/2 users estimated to be running out of power . |
| 27 | And recently they seemed to be running out of control … |
| 28 | The Australians looked to be heading out of the championship when New Zealand 's Peter Belliss and Gary Lawson took the opening set 7-1 and then recovered from 0-6 down to add the second 7-6 . |
| 29 | Where the consumed tentacle had rested a mist seemed to be congealing out of nothing as though the hydra was already replenishing itself . |
| 30 | These objects seemed to Lee , now as then , to be growing out of the environment , blossoming uglily , like strange new plants emerging from a darkened tree-trunk . |