Example sentences of "[conj] she [modal v] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assumption was that she would bring in a number of new people whose loyalty she could count on . |
| 2 | She set the candelabrum and the tray down on one of the tables , removing his greatcoat and placing it carefully over the back of a chair so that she might lay out a cloth and utensils . |
| 3 | The idea that she 'd give up a precious Friday evening for the pleasure of obliging Canon Wheeler for his beaux yeux was a myth she was happy to dispel . |
| 4 | Celia Hooper-seated opposite him in just such a chair and situation , so that they resembled two bookends without intervening books — was suggesting that she should draw up a basic plan for the annual deanery party , which happened at Loxford Rectory after Easter , a get-together for all the priests of the deanery , eight of them , and their wives . |
| 5 | Her ears are so finely tuned to this that she can pick out a prospective mate 's voice from a cacophony of croaks . |
| 6 | Franca even wished that she could set up a relation of some kind with him . |
| 7 | She would hide them beneath her underwear until she could figure out a better place . |
| 8 | Nutty went to watch the next Wednesday , to see if she could pick up a tip or two , and at least find out what they had to beat . |
| 9 | A letter was received from Mrs. Hogan of Brighton asking if she could take over a sixteen-year-old blind boy , Arthur B. Her own son had died the previous year at the same age , and she said that she would ‘ do her best to make the lad happy , and find him light work in Brighton ’ . |