Example sentences of "[adj] she [modal v] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she was fastened to my fist people really scared her , whereas if she had been free she would have been able to take evasive action . |
| 2 | By the time she reached the Campo San Maurizio , she felt so tired that she was almost afraid she would have to climb the cold stone stairs to the first floor on her hands and knees . |
| 3 | She was afraid she would have a defective child because she had seen in Angharad what could happen in her husband 's family . |
| 4 | She was afraid she might have a problem getting rid of him — not altogether sure she wanted to — but in the lobby he merely took her hand and raised it to his lips . |
| 5 | ‘ Had my wife — her grandmother — been alive when Rose was orphaned she would have given her what she needed — and never received from her own mother — stability — a moral code . ’ |
| 6 | Had his character been different she would have welcomed his attention . |
| 7 | However nervous she may have felt inside , her warm smile and unaffected manner were a photographer 's delight . |
| 8 | If she had thought for one moment he was serious she would have been deeply shocked . |
| 9 | Fourteen-year-old RACHEL SEATON was so bored she 'd have rather spent the 30 minutes doing her homework . |
| 10 | It 's possible she may have developed ideas which … do n't necessarily tie in with mine . ’ |
| 11 | Since Leapor , according to Freemantle , destroyed much of her juvenilia , it is possible she would have wanted to exercise similar judgement over the publication of her two volumes . |
| 12 | Veronica had been to the flat : was n't it possible she might have left something behind which Loretta could claim to have found ? |
| 13 | But then she remembered Tony , and how grateful she would have been to anyone who had had the courage to give her a hint of his real nature … |
| 14 | But now she was glad she would have nothing more to do with this place . |
| 15 | So you see , it does n't seem likely she could have been your mother . |
| 16 | It seems obvious she must have known it was the fermer but he wished she had said so , after all this remained his city . |
| 17 | ‘ Another 12 hours and I am sure she would have been dead . ’ |
| 18 | I am sure she would have succeeded , ’ he added . |
| 19 | He could n't be sure she would have the heart to go on running racehorses if she were forced to believe Harry a murderer … if she thought he had left her without warning , without a note , if she were worried sick by not knowing where he 'd gone , and was also haunted by the thought of Harry with Angela Brickell . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sure she would have wanted children too . |
| 21 | She would have gone herself , but her leg was stiff and sore again and she was n't sure she would have been able to manage the stairs . |
| 22 | If Guy had n't been holding her , she was sure she would have dropped to the floor . |
| 23 | If he went on like this she was n't even sure she would have enough composure to return to Vienna and resume her church and radio work . |
| 24 | Even the thought of Candy acting as a spy in the camp could n't annoy her — she knew her friend well enough to be sure she would have acted with Rory 's best interests at heart . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sure she would have died without the kiss of life and I would have been devastated to lose her . |
| 26 | I 'm pretty sure we must have paid it cos I 'm sure she would have phoned us . |
| 27 | I 'm a bit apprehensive about seeing her again , but I 'm sure she 'll have fun seeing the old hag in her new colours . |
| 28 | I 'm sure she 'll have come to no harm . ’ |
| 29 | Luke Hunter was the sort of man who rode roughshod over everyone else 's opinions — if she had been there alone she was sure she could have convinced them in a fraction of the time . |
| 30 | For the remainder of the journey she fiddled with her clothes , trying to make sure she would look respectable when she arrived home and arranging the neck of her blouse to cover her throat where she was sure she must have another love bite . |