Example sentences of "and she [vb mod] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something would attract her — a cloud , a flower , a fat lady on the street- and she would drift away from the track unthinkingly . |
| 2 | They were worlds apart and she would go finally , but there was a peculiar happiness inside her , not one drop of hatred left . |
| 3 | One more night here and they would all go back to Paris and she would go home to England . |
| 4 | She knew she would open it , but when she did it would be as if he were with her all over again , and she would suffer so … |
| 5 | Even afterwards he could only be sure if he asked her , and she would think that odd . |
| 6 | But of Callanish itself , which Creggan most wanted to know about , she hat refused to speak , saying that the time was not right and she would speak only when it was . |
| 7 | He had probably come to the same conclusion and if she tried to give some kind of explanation he would raise his eyebrows and look at her in astonishment , and she would feel utterly foolish . |
| 8 | She might have backed off , gone into the pub and telephoned for a cab to fetch her ; but Holly knew who she was supposed to be meeting and she would feel foolishly fainthearted next day if she had to confess to being too nervous to see the matter through . |
| 9 | Tomorrow would be another day , and she would make damned sure that she would get it off on the right footing . |
| 10 | That kind of knowledge could be highly dangerous , and she would do just about anything to keep it from him . |
| 11 | This would sometimes draw Laura in and she would spring tigerishly to Bernard 's defence , especially if some long dreamed of project of his was under threat through lack of cash . |
| 12 | Never having been more than ten miles from her parents , home in her nineteen years the prospect of a fifty-mile train journey seemed like an adventure and she would travel alone , but maybe she would meet some handsome young man ! |
| 13 | Every now and then the launch took a larger wave on her starboard bow and she would shy away like a frightened colt . |
| 14 | By Christmas her child would be several weeks old , but she 'd been forced to survive on her wits since before her ma had died , and she would survive now . |
| 15 | But there were other moments when her guard was down , and she would see again her office at Woodline Design and wonder who was sitting at her desk now . |
| 16 | Her disability never stopped her attending meetings , briefings and conferences , often aided by her twin sons , Paul and Mark , and she would ask uncommonly fierce questions from her wheelchair . |
| 17 | On the one hand , the media screamed at her that romantic love was like an oasis in the desert ; it would solve all her problems , and she would live happily ever after . |
| 18 | Vi McKeown knew every back street and jigger north of the Liver Building , and she would get there . |
| 19 | 21 And she shall bring forth a son , and thou shalt call his name Jesus : for he shall save his people from their sins . |
| 20 | She will look elegant in black , and she 'll cry delicately so as not to mar the whiteness of her skin , and dab her nose with a lace-edged handkerchief , and wear Mother 's jet brooch , and all the customers will sigh and say how sad it is , and young men will want to comfort and console her , and they will , oh yes , because she did n't really love him . |
| 21 | But you 'd be perhaps fetching some pigs home from Wicken on the Monday morning , you see , and she might go again during the week , perhaps Wednesday at Wicken to fetch some more , three or four more pigs . |
| 22 | There was no rain in the darkness , and she could make even its sound go away by concentrating hard for a few moments . |
| 23 | Mary was wearing her Brownie uniform , because there was Pack Meeting that evening , and she could go straight on from Granny Fordham 's to the Guide Hut through Enderley Park . |
| 24 | But she knew that Chinese Charlie would clean and press a garment to make it look almost new and she could get as much as two shillings for a good overcoat or a suit . |
| 25 | There she would remain in seclusion until the commotion had died down and she could live openly and in safety with her young lord . |
| 26 | Then this mood would lift , and she could write appreciatively again : ‘ We get snatches of divine loneliness here … why not stay here for ever and ever , enjoying this immortal rhythm in which both soul and eye are at rest ? |
| 27 | She never forgot to get the hen-food and she could shoot straight , even with her knobbled hands . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , consider this the ideal time to learn , ’ he said softly , and she could have quite willingly screamed . |
| 29 | It took some time , and no little resolution , before the tightly curling mass hung round her face tangle-free at last , and she could crawl wearily into bed . |
| 30 | Then the boat went down between the waves and she could see only mountains of wild water everywhere . |