Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [to-vb] [adv prt] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ace felt that her eyes were going to vibrate out of their sockets . |
| 2 | The only words they exchanged during the engagements were to discuss which side of the car they were going to step out of . |
| 3 | They were going to break out of their self-imposed cage . |
| 4 | That was all they were going to get out of her . |
| 5 | With coughing , he opened his eyes and began groaning which was at least some sign of progress , and I started looking about to see how we were going to get out of what appeared to be uncomfortably like a prison . |
| 6 | The adults were beginning to get out of hand : some were dancing , having a ‘ knees up ’ ; others were arguing with the organ grinder about what should be played . |
| 7 | AN unexpected 1 p.c. rise in manufacturing production in February raised hopes that manufacturers were beginning to climb out of recession and caught economists by surprise yesterday . |
| 8 | The documentary hinted that several wealthy Arab owners were threatening to pull out of British racing and take their horses abroad unless prize money went up . |
| 9 | Several Perks were fighting to get out of the crack . |
| 10 | They swarmed like lice over the camp , and there was a battle being waged at the boat which men were trying to push out of the shallows whilst others held off the beasts . |
| 11 | ‘ People were trying to get out of carpark and away from the town and this man was still insisting he got his 20 pence from every driver . ’ |
| 12 | He wrinkled his nose at the smells , thinking that the cowardly little wretches were trying to keep out of his way . |
| 13 | Lawton was struggling to get out of his pack the receiver that would pick up the radio signals from the miniature transceiver Forster said was attached to his slayer . |
| 14 | Hell , he could n't even ask , having told her the next time she would have to take the initiative , but if she did n't take it soon he was going to go out of his mind ! |
| 15 | Looking around her as if she thought someone was going to run out of the field behind her and save her , she saw that the man was much nearer . |
| 16 | He especially did n't like to think what would happen if his mother ever discovered that he was going to sneak out of the house to attend an illegal meeting a few days hence . |
| 17 | And her mind did n't question how she had got into this situation but how she was going to get out of it . |
| 18 | She had been dismissive enough with Manfro , but she was n't quite sure how she was going to get out of her predicament . |
| 19 | Jason Prior was going to come out of this shining like a knight in armour while she would be condemned to eternal darkness , everyone believing it was her fault . |
| 20 | AT1 : ‘ I did wonder what was going to come out of this review . ’ |
| 21 | Chairman I , I , I am and some of my colleagues a little confused on this paper , erm and I really ask that I , I understood that when we discussed this last , erm that the , the minor work which was one , one debated , erm was going to be increased to two million and that two million er , two million spend was going to come out of the existing budget , I 'm not quite sure from this whether it is or it is n't , could you explain ? |
| 22 | I was told the fun was beginning to go out of it , but now it is back as the competition for best fancy dress is nearly as tough as the race itself . |
| 23 | Angie Bowie : ‘ Mary an I got on really well — we had a hoot and always enjoyed each other 's company , and although the Arts Lab was still running , it was beginning to get out of hand . |
| 24 | The whole situation was beginning to get out of hand . |
| 25 | Melissa was beginning to feel out of her depth . |
| 26 | The listening faces were attentive , but I was beginning to run out of words … |
| 27 | By the early Fifties , however , it was apparent the movie industry in Britain was beginning to run out of steam , losing ground to a younger , more immediate industry with which it just could not compete — Television . |
| 28 | This is painted just before the war , and it 's interesting to compare it with a painting by the court painter , William Dobson who worked in Oxford during the war , his studio was just around the corner in the High Street , because that 's Rupert very much at the end when things were going badly wrong for him , erm and it 's unfinished , perhaps because Dobson was beginning to run out of paint , and the experts at allow , and I think just that face tells the whole story about tension and unhappiness , Dobson 's an interesting painter , one of the first English painters who sort of get to the top in this way , and he painted a lot of the cavaliers at Charles ' court , erm this is Sir John Byron who clattered down the main street at St Aldate 's , before the king even arrived before the Battle of Edgehill , the one that caused trouble for John Smith , erm and he was very much a swash-buckling character , but he did n't spend a lot of time in Oxford later , but he was there enough to have his portrait painted . |
| 29 | Julius murmured softly in satisfaction and his body pressed still closer , demanding more now , desire a hard ache that was threatening to run out of control . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , it started again while I was running to get out of that place . |