Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] of [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Much of Thatcherism is common sense and it should not go out of fashion .
2 They sensed the change in political mood and were anxious that the Conservatives should not get out of step with the public .
3 I do n't think the other team in the depot have got such a , I should n't speak out of school but we have
4 Or , in great contrast , there are the more modern abstract designs that might not look out of place displayed on a wall .
5 Oh he probably , I mean , he could get ou er , he might just get out of bed and come back in .
6 Good work could only arise out of peace of mind .
7 There are fears that the Second Division club , £1.3m in debt , could finally go out of business today after a long-running saga of financial troubles at Underhill .
8 But I got talking to one of them and he told me he 'd just come out of prison where he 'd done time for soliciting .
9 But that kind of carefully calibrated escalation could easily get out of hand .
10 But when endemic peasant resentment fused with numerous cross-currents of resistance , the situation could easily get out of hand .
11 The court said that to import proportionality would ‘ create a monster that could quickly get out of control and cause widespread disruption of the many administrative processes that might attract its application ’ .
12 But the end of his mother 's letter cheered him despite the regret he felt , the memory he could still conjure up of Jonas and himself as boys , flying a kite in a London park , tussling with one another , kicking a football .
13 I think I 'd probably settle out of court
14 Clients could also run out of money and be forced to move to other homes .
15 Two years ago I became very ill and could n't get out of bed or even a chair without help .
16 I could n't get out of bed !
17 She could n't get out of bed nor nothing .
18 They are absolutely crippling and some clubs could even go out of business .
19 So I do think it 's an industry which is very dangerous now and which could well get out of hand .
20 If you think you could well get out of control you can avoid triggering stimuli as much as possible .
21 While no single Member State could unilaterally opt out of farm subsidies , a Government pressing the case for agricultural aid to be aimed solely at those who need it would be in a strong position to eventually win the day in a Community facing constant budget cuts .
22 And Charles 's tactics were damaging to his own subjects : the peasant who declared that he dare not get out of bed in the morning for fear of the English spoke for many of his compatriots , and the unchallenged presence of English armies on French soil not only caused substantial physical hardship to the population but also lowered Charles 's prestige .
23 Indeed , on an exchange , rules may often evolve out of practice , rather than vice versa .
24 While Sir Keith encouraged speculation that the DoI would eventually run out of jobs and be merged with the Department of Trade , Jenkin has found more for his civil servants to do .
25 Since E ' ; lies below the corresponding point on LAC at the output Q ' ; , the monopolist is making losses and would rather go out of business .
26 He felt that people without property were irresponsible , and that the manufacturers who would acquire power under the Reform Bill would only act out of self-interest .
27 On the eve of the summit the exiled Amir of Kuwait , Sheikh Jabir al Ahmed al Jabir as Sabah , had appealed to Bush and Gorbachev to adopt " decisive measures " to end the Iraqi occupation of his country , while Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had announced that he would not pull out of Kuwait under any circumstances , warned the superpowers not to interfere in Arab affairs , and urged the Soviet Union not to give in to US demands .
28 Unwin particularly remarked that the plate rack would not appear out of place in close juxtaposition with the bookshelves .
29 Anne was not impressed , since she had predicted that we would not run out of cash !
30 The deal was calculated to improve Unedic 's financial position by F25,000,000 ( about US$5,000,000 ) by end-1992 and meant that Unedic , which was funded entirely by companies and their employees , would not run out of funds by October as would otherwise have been the case .
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