Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb mod] [vb infin] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Now suddenly she could feel the pleasure such imaginings had aroused uncurling in a warm spiral in the pit of her stomach . |
2 | If only she could fit the jigsaw together and get a clear picture of this man who so intrigued her . |
3 | ‘ She 's got a lot of talent , you know Jack , if only she could find an outlet for it . |
4 | If only she could get a look , see what they were up to … |
5 | ‘ Naturally she will stay the night , ’ he murmured , a laughing note in his voice as they waved her mother into the mini-cab to join her waiting friend . |
6 | Rain worried how long she would bear the bruises , whether it would still be cold enough in London for her to wear high-necked sweaters when she got back . |
7 | Perhaps she 'll have an idea . ’ |
8 | Or perhaps she would paint a picture of Oliver and it would be hung in the National Gallery and everyone would come and look at it and weep because it was so beautiful . |
9 | Perhaps she would cancel the wedding , would say to Syl , ‘ You can not marry my daughter . |
10 | Perhaps she would get the chance later to talk to him about the ledgers . |
11 | Sometimes I saw her there , singing or talking quietly to herself , and I thought perhaps she could see the people in her secret world of Gondal , and was talking to them . |
12 | Perhaps she could try the truth on him now . |
13 | Perhaps she should sleep a while , and recover some more . |
14 | Perhaps she should engineer a meeting with Veronica ? |
15 | Perhaps she should read the magazines , Woman 's World , Woman 's Weekly and the Woman 's Journal , like her mother did . |
16 | With the greatest respect to the hon. Lady , perhaps she should read the Confederation of British Industry 's recent publication , ’ Modern Manufacturing Strength ’ . |
17 | Perhaps she should see a doctor if she is feeling particularly stressed out . |
18 | Perhaps she should buy a copy of Spare Rib , and see if it still carried adverts for consciousness-raising groups . |
19 | Though Ms Armstrong is intelligent and good at her job , perhaps she should join a chorus line instead . |
20 | Perhaps she 'd slide a copy of Oliver Twist into the bread bin and have a chinwag about good old Charles with her toast . |
21 | At six months old , she 's already visited three mills — perhaps she will attend a formulation meeting by the time she 's two ? |
22 | There were so many ways in which she could help , and by doing so she might mitigate the fears which crowded upon her when dusk fell . |
23 | So she 'd see a sheep in wolf 's clothing |
24 | If she looked down she could see the wilderness that was this house 's garden . |
25 | Look at her all sweet and innocent , and when I turn away she 'll nick a chip I can see you sit down ! |
26 | For a while longer she could let the world drift by . |
27 | Far above she could hear the leaves whispering in the currents of Undersea . |
28 | Tonight she will attend the midnight mass in the tiny church in Great Brington . |
29 | Well , for tonight she 'd play the game by his rules — up to a certain point . |
30 | Already she could visualise the lay-out — ‘ The Other Side of Fashion ’ she 'd entitled it in her mind 's eye when she 'd discussed it with Nick . |