Example sentences of "[conj] she [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having been involved in a substantial amount of this sort of work for 15 years , I believe it is correct to aver that once a person reaches 60 there is an unwritten rule or convention which determines that he or she shall not receive a first appointment . |
| 2 | So and she ca I do n't know whether you noticed or she ca n't make a cup of coffee without spilling it . |
| 3 | The photographer will be much more in charge here but he or she will still need a detailed briefing . |
| 4 | He or she will usually make a recommendation to the committee about what its decision should be , but it does not have to follow this advice . |
| 5 | This results in the helper feeling ‘ small ’ , because he or she can not find a solution to the problem . |
| 6 | Let dear old Miguelito charm a new generation of English roses — Shelley had outgrown him , although she would always keep a special place in her inner being for that lovely evening when she and only she had had his sweet and undivided attention … |
| 7 | Although she can now refit a car by herself , she wo n't qualify fully until she has worked for two years and passed her City and Guilds ‘ hand on ’ course . |
| 8 | Paula was amazed by the security arrangements that were necessary to ensure that the new season 's collections remained exclusive — the windows at the rear of the premises were heavily barred and practically the first thing she had to do on commencing her employment was to sign a contract promising that she would not breathe a word about the designs she saw . |
| 9 | She had lost one son — lost him truly , for she realized that he must be in Ireland now — but she was determined that she would not lose a daughter . |
| 10 | It was true that she would not enter a shop in her own country . |
| 11 | But I managed , with little difficulty , to convince myself that she would n't miss a handful from a whole bowl . |
| 12 | Despite fitzAlan 's assurances that she would n't encounter a corpse , she held her breath with trepidation every time she swung her free hand in a groping semicircle . |
| 13 | The Post Office said that she would n't mind a visit . |
| 14 | She did n't like to say that she would sooner lick a toad . |
| 15 | When Gloria had got over the first shock of Saul 's horrifying death , she put the warehouse up for sale , together with the contents of the ship-chandlers shop on the ground floor , confident that she would soon find a purchaser . |
| 16 | I hoped that she would then develop a massive guilt complex , but unfortunately she did n't . |
| 17 | ‘ I would not like to have the task of telling her that she would never make a crime reporter ! ’ |
| 18 | She began to consider the fact that she was over twenty-one and felt anxious that she would never get a home of her own . |
| 19 | I conceded that it might have been wiser , and indeed more seemly , to have consulted her before a decision was reached ; but I did not add that I had advised the Prime Minister to agree to a meeting over her head because I was convinced that she would never accept a challenge to her authority . |
| 20 | Why then do I remain seated for Sally Field , in soft focus , gulping back emotion , Sigourney Weaver groping for emotion — any emotion — and Kathleen Turner proving once again that she ca n't open a fridge door without flexing a buttock . |
| 21 | Bloomsbury House , asked to contribute £35 towards books , told her she was too late that term ( it was November ) and that she might possibly get a small emergency grant for the summer term ( six months ahead ) if she still needed it . |
| 22 | That said , Hillary has already reluctantly accepted that she will not land a government position . |
| 23 | One is married already , one has declared that she will never take a husband , and the third has two suitors after her as it is . |
| 24 | Psyche , so lovely that she can not find a mortal husband , is condemned to be the bride of Death . |
| 25 | Theda was so appalled that she could barely repress a shudder , never mind summon up a smile . |
| 26 | Ruth struggled for words , her mind so confused that she could n't rein a coherent thought to the surface . |
| 27 | That , and the discovery that she could not bear a man near her in the early days after the rape ; so she had feigned an illness , explained as the consequence of her breaking her engagement with Havvie , which , of course , had caused an immense furore inside and outside of society , and Mama and Papa had put off their visit to England , and sent her loving letters , for she had written that she had discovered that she did not really love Havvie at all , had merely been beglamoured by his appearance , name and title . |
| 28 | During the first days of that Holy Week Mrs Abigail continued to believe that she could not endure a marriage that was a travesty , and that she could no longer endure life in Dynmouth . |
| 29 | In many ways the life of a great political hostess was very attractive to her , which only made her feel more guilty , but she knew that she could not tolerate a life of subordination and absolute dependency . |
| 30 | That she could not find a simple solution to the problems of women in marriage can be seen from two poems entitled ‘ Mira to Octavia ’ which advise a young woman who has fallen in love with an unsuitable man . |