Example sentences of "[verb] she [modal v] [adv] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made a gesture to indicate she could even search his bedroom . |
| 2 | Also , there is the situation where a wife may not feel she can really give her husband a present because the funds she would be spending would actually be his . |
| 3 | He did n't feel she could emotionally handle his anger . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've had a few sharp , pithy words with my mother , and I do n't think she 'll ever treat her grandchildren like that again . ’ |
| 5 | CHART newcomer Tasmin Archer fears she may never get her licence after failing her driving test for the third time . |
| 6 | She felt she could partially excuse his megalomaniac meddlings in her genes now that she knew he was mentally unstable . |
| 7 | Almost as though he 's trying to memorise what I look like , thought Juliet , knowing she could never forget his brown eyes and curling eyelashes , and the smile that hovered on his lips . |
| 8 | She knew he was right about his mother , but she also knew she would never forgive her father . |
| 9 | Like most migrants , she still thought of Scotland as home and Britain as the homeland , although she knew she would never see her native country again . |
| 10 | All her dreams , in an instant , had vaporised into nothing — for she knew she would never accept his proposition . |
| 11 | As she set down her cup , startling the sparrows , she thought she might even pack his belongings . |
| 12 | When she bent her head towards his with her lips softly pouted , she came so close that for one brief moment he thought she might actually kiss his forehead . |
| 13 | ‘ Six months ago , we never thought she would ever achieve her ambition but , fingers crossed , I 'll soon be taking her to the school gates and she can sit in class with the other youngsters , just like she always wanted . ’ |
| 14 | Had he grown to think she would meekly do his bidding ? |
| 15 | If a girl is both virtuous and spirited she will surely attain her desires without sacrificing either society 's values or her own . |
| 16 | And even if she did she 'd never get her hands dirty helping in a kitchen ! ’ |
| 17 | Until she met the Crowley family she was a lost , lonely and abused teenager who was doing so much damage to herself that social workers said she 'd never see her eighteenth birthday . |
| 18 | Nora said she could sometimes forget their predicament for an hour on end . |