Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv] of [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ No , your sum was n't wrong , but you are writing instead of printing .
2 He would have been acting out of character and trying on something his party had wearied of .
3 But it 's n I still ca n't reconcile why it was kept secret cos surely this is a fundamental point cos it is because they ca n't openly declare that how that they are moving away from the United Front , but if they 're trying to show that they 're moving in line with the peasants ' demands surely they want to show that to the peasants an so there , there 's it 's more that how th the Party cadres have been acting out of step rather than them making it clear to the peasants .
4 Besides , you 're acting out of character .
5 ‘ In your case you probably think you 're acting out of expediency .
6 You know , just happen to be passing when they 're going out of school . ’
7 But we 're getting out of order . ’
8 Erm no , but you 're , at least you 're getting out of feudalism .
9 Oh look at that , I love birthdays on a badge , to Aunty Dot , hope your birthday is lots of fun for you , filled with many of , happy things and nice surprises too , right let me wear me badge I love birthdays there we go that can stand up somewhere , I do n't know where , we 're running out of space
10 And , as one cynic pointed out , ‘ If you 're running out of conversation , at least you can talk about the decor ’ !
11 We 're running out of apple are n't we ?
12 If you 're running out of disk space , help is at hand .
13 We 're running out of room on this table
14 And if you 're running out of time to make a stuffing for the turkey or goose , try one of Epicure 's stuffing mixes — Sage & Onion , Sage & Chestnut , Herb & Garlic or Apricot & Almond .
15 We 're running out of time . ’
16 We 're running out of time . ’
17 They 're running out of time here but he finds Collimore with an excellent ball .
18 We 're running out of time as usual , so if I can just come to that final line to you to consider and give me some views on them before you go .
19 Sometimes give it away and say right I 'll teach you how to do this , when they keep coming back and saying what wh you 're running out of time and you think give it you can it 's quite common .
20 I 'm really worried because we 're running out of time .
21 I 'm , I 'm going to have to cut you off , cos we 're running out of time , but I very much take the point you 're making , that it could 've had this trade effect on us , just in the last ten seconds Professor Hoskin , is it possible to predict what 's going to happen in the Soviet Union over the next six months , is it gon na be for good , or , or , .
22 But we 're running out of screen time .
23 Well I think we 're running out of tape
24 We 're talking here of protection , of they ca n't have waiver of premium because of ill-health , they 're not going to be able to have living assurance , so it , it 's not an option really for them to have one without the other , because it 's an automatic protection that , that really should be the basis of somebody 's package of their health commitment to have it .
25 Many other ways of using the STM are pouring out of research laboratories and are likely to make their way to market .
26 ‘ So long you been growing out of childhood , now you step into womanhood .
27 As fuel costs are racing ahead of inflation , will the Minister enter into immediate discussions with the Secretary of State for Energy and the fuel industry to examine the standing charge , which is iniquitous and which adversely affects low-income families , and pensioners in particular ?
28 That is okay when things are going well of course .
29 ’ The preceptor links are going out of phase at random. , Mala , ’ Posi replied .
30 As a result 5,000 farmers are going out of business every year and the suicide rate for farmers has never been higher .
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