Example sentences of "[adj] she would [adv] " in BNC.

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1 If our dieter had done this she would still have achieved what she set out to achieve within her dieting year .
2 She was cruelly obsessed with class and if her children had not come from a background that she knew to be reliable she would certainly have ignored them as she ignored the au-pair girls .
3 ‘ Luke will , ’ Anna said unfairly , turning away and looking at her beautifully dug earth , and thinking how much she would just like to lie down on it and sleep .
4 Something so awful she would never be able to put it past her .
5 Germany already pays a staggering 68% of the Community s income : the system of ‘ concentric circles ’ would only increase her influence over the Community even more and if the club was reduced to eight she would unavoidably become dominant .
6 But the harder they pressed her , the more confused she would probably have become .
7 He would too — he was so angry at her threat that I 'm sure she would never dare to carry it out . ’
8 Jenny was nine , and even if she had n't been adventurous she would probably have fallen in the river anyway , because there was nothing much to do at Dale End but get into mischief .
9 If what she was doing were n't so important she would never have put so much as a foot inside them .
10 I got the impression that Jean-Claude had been so certain that his relationship with his sister was the most singular she would ever make , that the mere fact of their not living under the same roof would do nothing to erode what they had together .
11 It was a coward 's way out , of course , but the best she would ever be able to do .
12 Even if she were thinner she would still have huge shoulders and great big feet .
13 She kept sight of him in her mirror — hands in pockets , bedraggled — until she turned the corner , hoping that image would be the last she would ever have of him .
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