Example sentences of "he [modal v] [vb infin] [adv prt] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the retailer does n't make a profit , he may go out of business . |
| 2 | He wondered if he should move out of London . |
| 3 | His motives are profit pure and simple , and here at last is an opportunity to sell the establishment 's conference facilities : maybe he should move out of honeymoon accommodation , a stagnating sector , and exploit the growth potential of the ‘ marital disharmony ’ market . |
| 4 | The Yorkes lived next door to the Shergolds and might have gleaned some scraps of information that he could wheedle out of Harriet . |
| 5 | ‘ Once the Ukraine demanded independence he could drop out of sight . |
| 6 | She lay in an agony of suspense , wondering if he 'd creep out of bed in the dark and … |
| 7 | And er , he , he got it so he 'd eat out of pocket , and exercise , you know , turn its head round and and in that side , you know . |
| 8 | He 'd run out of cautions . |
| 9 | He had had to wait : he 'd run out of girder . |
| 10 | Mass unemployment during the 1920s and 1930s modified opinion somewhat , although the economist F. Y. Edgeworth opposed the idea of family allowances in 1922 on the grounds that they would encourage male idleness and quoted approvingly the comment of a social worker in 1908 , who said ‘ if the husband got out of work the only thing that the wife should do is sit down and cry , because if she did anything else he would remain out of work ’ . |
| 11 | Gooch will be 40 in July and has always indicated that he would bow out of Test cricket at the end of this year . |
| 12 | It means that he can slip out of school , er , in the afternoon , when normally , in nor on a normal school day , he would not be able to do that . |