Example sentences of "[adv prt] of control [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the suburbs , in houses with gardens , women like Myra , the fictional heroine of The Women 's Room , lead lonely and often depressed lives , and discover that the additional space that goes with ‘ higher ’ housing standards daily threatens to whirl out of control unless they invent — as Myra does — controls which themselves threaten to take over their entire lives . |
| 2 | On July the 31st an EF111 , radar jamming plane , spiralled out of control after its tail caught fire . |
| 3 | I fear it will go out of control so I release it in tears either by myself or with someone I love and trust . |
| 4 | Partly in control — partly out of control if she struggles against you |
| 5 | Mr Fishbane is obsessed with sex and while I imagine he ca n't do a great deal about it any more , poor old boy , until he 's finished his breakfast he 's almost out of control if he spies an attractive girl . ’ |
| 6 | I figure he thought his men would get out of control if it went on any longer . |
| 7 | If you enter the turn at full speed the board will just bounce out of control as you lean back . |
| 8 | She shifted restlessly beneath him , her heart pounding out of control as she registered the powerful interplay of muscle and sinew . |
| 9 | The blood seemed to be pounding in her sleepy head , her heart racing almost out of control as she felt the smooth passage of his finger slipping down her throat , slowly brushing the thin strap of her gown from her shoulder . |