Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] she [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 But it became clear that she would soon have to go out in the rain and get a bus to their sister convent .
2 Gradually she got used to thinking of Angel as Corrie , but it soon became clear that she would never be able to claim her as her own .
3 She listens to him more than anyone , and it was his will which prevailed when she composed last year 's Christmas speech , in which she made it clear that she would never abdicate .
4 Only after the truce of 1686 with the Poles was it clear that she might well be the force of the future in eastern Europe .
5 It is clear that she will never marry and have children , follow a career enjoy the leisure interests of her own age group or otherwise enjoy the quality of life which so many take for granted .
6 For the remainder of her half-hour set , the audience was treated to vintage Aurora Blake — in fact , it was doubtful that she 'd ever put on a more powerful show in any of the venues she 'd performed in all over the world .
7 Jack Butler closed the door , turned and leant against it , as if afraid that she might suddenly return with more horrors .
8 Only the girl came back , and she was soaked and muddy and she could hardly speak .
9 Gabriel Gasbag — As thick as a proverbial brick , possesses hardly any intelligence ( it 's doubtful if she can even spell the word ) .
10 Yet in the time it would take her to reach the café , tell Oliver and return with him , the flat would be empty and she would never know who her intruder was .
11 Sir , to do summat to do like she was paralysed but she could still feel the pain ?
12 Daphne tended to phone her just after six , which meant missing fifteen or twenty minutes of the news , but Cecilia never said anything about this because she would far rather miss the news than hurt Daphne .
13 She felt physically fitter and more alive than she could ever remember .
14 To her mistress it was understandable that she should never speak absolutely freely but it was intolerable that she could not do so to the last remaining member of her family , nor even to her husband .
15 The impulse was so strong that she could hardly believe that he did not feel it too .
16 Laura was so relieved that she could only nod silently while she followed him out of the room .
17 She was shaking so much that she could barely speak .
18 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 .
19 He 'd given her so much and she would never forget him , but she would never confuse what they had shared with that elusive emotion — love .
20 It was uncertain whether she was offering him tea or dinner or nothing , since the time she gave was a quarter to six and she would never have had anyone to drinks .
21 The conventions prevented her from heaping any further abuse on Chay Bank , a housing project which she had frequently and loudly denounced , but near which she had never set foot : the precariousness of her own social position would forever prevent her from visiting Fred Bowen , and this yearly ritual meeting on neutral ground was as much as she would ever dare risk .
22 Tomorrow she would go home as early as possible and she would never see him again .
23 Actually , Jan is a very sweet lady and a good professional and she would happily have stayed in that room — but it would have been wrong .
24 But do that and she 'd never get them on again , and she would arrive at Ardneavie not only late , but shoeless !
25 Roddick claims that the answers to such bizarre questions tend to be very revealing and she can usually judge whether an applicant is going to be somebody who is on her wavelength and with whom she can comfortably work .
26 Robyn was trembling so hard that she could barely breathe .
27 Her throat was so tight that she could hardly speak .
28 It was so damned unfair that she would never see them .
29 More hurt , bewildered and confused than she would ever have believed possible such a short time ago , she walked into the dark cottage and up to bed .
30 She could be described as prejudiced but she can no more be called a racist than a rape victim who hates men can be called sexist .
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