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

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31 It is wholly admirable that this country can provide research facilities and educational expertise to overseas students , but the value of their work to this country may consist solely of the funding which they bring with them , the esteem in which they hold this country 's institutions when they have returned home , and their subsequent contacts and consultancies .
32 I 'll give you a room to work in , I 'll turn round and walk the other way whenever I see you , and I 'll stay out of the kitchen whenever you want to use it .
33 He fills it with a restless , bristling energy , as if he might clamber out of the frame and into real life .
34 When you push the chair down kerbs or ramps it is safest to go down backwards , as the patient might fall out of the chair if he is facing forwards as the chair tilts downwards .
35 Then I 'll clear out of the area .
36 Anything might come out of the sky .
37 If you 'll get out of the way , we 'll get him to his feet . ’
38 I 'll get out of the window .
39 ‘ Why , I 'll get out of the water , Yuan !
40 No , it 'll come out of the bank yes .
41 On Friday they 'll come out of the garage , to be seen by around 60,000 visitors at the Spring Gardening Show in Malvern .
42 Had he not better make that clear to both the Conservative and Labour Members who still believe that Britain could stay out of the developments that will take place in Europe ?
43 It was unfair that Rosa appeared to others to stumble through the day with her heavy clumsiness when Cati knew the brilliant forkings of her sister 's spirit in intimacy , the bright patterns she could weave out of the darkness , that made her something rare and starry .
44 Oh , and I 'd stay out of the swimming pool for a few days if I were you , unless you can keep your head above water .
45 It is quite possible clearly that that number could be reduced , during the consultation process on the on the local plan , I think that 's an important point because of the issue of windfall that was mentioned by Mr Davis , and was raised yesterday , reference to historic trends in the city of York do show that erm we have exceeded structure plan targets by substantial amounts , I think the figure is is forty percent or or more , er the County Council could confirm that , slightly difficult calculation to do because I 'm sure you 'll be aware that to our eternal shame , the City Council has not to date adopted a formal local plan , with reference erm to your question on day one er as to whether or not we might calculate contribution of windfalls in the past , we have looked at the nineteen eighty seven residential land availability er study , which was agreed with the house builders , adjacent districts , and of course the County , and in the five year period of that study , by comparison with the sites that we agreed in the study , an additional four hundred and thirty dwellings came forward and were completed on sites that had not been identified in the study , now I 'd I would say very clearly that that level of windfalls erm would not continue in the future and it could not be a reliable basis for erm looking at windfall contributions in the city in the future , clearly the supply of development land in the city is a is a finite resource , er given given the constraints that are current holding , and although some additional windfalls to the two hundred I 'd suggested in my H One may come forward , on the other hand I suspect some of the sites suggested in the draft local plan could fall out of the equation .
46 It seems likely that his real mission was to find an escape route for the board , so that it could steer clear of the incident and avoid involving the central state in any direct decision over sex education .
47 He then followed Duncan through the small terminal to where they could look out of the window at the tarmac ramp , on to the military side , where Duncan had seen the transporter .
48 With my head turned sideways I could see out of the window and through the house to Willesden Sports Centre where a Sunday league football team was working out .
49 Because he had not bothered to draw the curtains there was a trembling mosaic of light on the ceiling reflected from the water outside and , by sitting up in bed , he could see out of the window across the harbour to Flushing .
50 I would have loved to touch them to see what they felt like but I could see out of the corner of my eye that I was being watched .
51 To develop such an environment , teachers aimed to create a self-supporting framework , in which pupils could work independently of the teacher , using the resource of other pupils and contributing actively to their own learning .
52 ‘ I 'd steer clear of the fruit soup , ’ he advised Veronica .
53 The two-lane road was winding its way sometimes so close to the sparkling sea that Gina felt she could lean out of the window and dabble her hand in it .
54 If I could see the one-eyed god down there now I 'd lean out of the window and tell it everything .
55 At least she could step out of the door and be among people ; she would hear the familiar sound of traffic whizzing past the door at all hours of the day and night .
56 With a surge of joy Rain knew that Oliver 's insensitivity was no longer her responsibility , that she could walk out of the door and not worry that he had upset people who might , by association , be cross with her .
57 The raid had been a triumphant vindication of Stirling 's theory that his unit could operate regardless of the phase of the moon and could get on to heavily defended targets .
58 If just one of them had sent one of their grandmothers , and I could come out of the sun , and if I could have a silenced chain-saw , then maybe it would be fair .
59 We were still in the Air Force , postings could come out of the blue at any time , so every hour we could spend together was important .
60 She 's probably been worrying what family secrets I 'd let out of the bag .
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