Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She should n't have to be bothered . |
| 2 | What we had n't bargained for was that she might not want to be the next Franz Klammer . |
| 3 | She could hear the beating of his heart and she closed her eyes , thankful for his presence for she could not bear to be alone , not now , not yet . |
| 4 | Mademoiselle do believe me , begged Mary-Lou in despair , for she could not bear to be scolded like that . |
| 5 | He had been cunning , arriving so early that she could not pretend to be rushing to work . |
| 6 | But she was not the same as them , she could not pretend to be . |
| 7 | Sara did not care to be beholden to Matthew Preston for even one pupil , but she knew at this moment she could not afford to be choosey . |
| 8 | He backed away from her in mock fear , but he was still laughing at her and though she meant every word , she could n't continue to be angry with him . |
| 9 | Marion whispered and turned away because she could n't bear to be there when something died , when all the love that she had bottled up inside herself evaporated like liquid left out in the sun . |
| 10 | That meant she could n't bear to be touched . |
| 11 | Lydia thought moodily that she could n't hope to be as boring as Dr Wyn if she tried all night . |
| 12 | She could n't pretend to be sophisticated and flippant and terribly cool any more . |
| 13 | She could n't wait to be back under the lights again with all eyes on her . |
| 14 | ‘ Last time she could n't wait to be rid of us . |
| 15 | She would n't rush back — that might imply she could n't wait to be with him again — but on the other hand she did n't want to leave it too long ; there were plenty of women , Melissa included , she had noticed , who had had their limpet-like eyes firmly glued to his face . |
| 16 | But , as he drew the car up outside her hotel and turned to look at her , Fabia knew that she could n't afford to be infuriated . |
| 17 | But she could n't afford to be angry — or to offend him again , she realised , and took a deep and calming breath . |
| 18 | She would n't want to be seen . |
| 19 | Dot tried to imagine that the two women in front were her footmen and she was one of the royal princesses , preferably Margaret because she would n't have to be queen which would be quite a responsibility if you thought about it , going for a drive in a carriage with her regal dogs and her regal flowers . |
| 20 | She would n't have to be dependent on my father any more and she would be free to live her own life . |
| 21 | There was a mental as well as a physical strength to Svend 's uncle and she would n't like to be the one who trespassed on his preserves . |
| 22 | She says she would n't like to be an expectant mum and have to travel that far . |
| 23 | She would not claim to be content , because contentment came with having the man you loved lying beside you on a cold night ; it came with that certain wonderful intimacy which Beth had experienced once long ago , and which was lost for ever . |
| 24 | Similarly , for the teenage girl from a strongly Catholic family it might be particularly important that she avoid pregnancy in a relationship with a boy to whom she felt sure she would not like to be married . |
| 25 | Joy 's mother says that she ca n't bear to be parted from her daughter and grandchildren again . |
| 26 | She wo n't want to be near me . ’ |
| 27 | I wonder if she 'll change her time because of half term and she wo n't have to be taking her daughter to nursery school today , half past one . |