Example sentences of "and she [modal v] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It breaks my back , my neck — ’ And she would give a little laugh , unclasping a heavy bracelet : ‘ It breaks my wrist too . ’ |
| 2 | He would throw paint imitating a comet ; and she would paint a part of the milky way . |
| 3 | They were n't badly off because I do believe they ran a car and she would wear a lovely fox fur when she was out and about in the dale . |
| 4 | We told her when they said her transplant was looking good and she would have a future after all . |
| 5 | Freedom , if only for a short time , and she would have a chance to speak to Rose , whom she had not seen since their evening out together up West . |
| 6 | Never before had she held a conversation with anyone like this , and she would begin a sentence and not know how to finish it . |
| 7 | And she would bake a chocolate mousse torte . |
| 8 | In cricket they used to put her at ‘ long leg ’ where the ball hardly ever penetrated , and she would take a book and lie down to read in the long grass . |
| 9 | Claudine is on the phone and she would like a word with you . ’ |
| 10 | And she would spear a piece of chicken and carry it high in the air towards that great black hole of a mouth and , still talking about her therapy , her plans for the future , his inability to understand her as a woman , his crude , male-orientated sexuality , she would munch , munch , munch … |
| 11 | And she would provide a substitute for the two weeks she reckoned it would take her , an English maid called Phoebe Crabbe with whom she had become friendly . |
| 12 | So somebody had told her to apply and she would get a grant , to help towards her special diet . |
| 13 | And she shall rear a sturdy race , the Nation of our Dreams … |
| 14 | She wants a family ; I 've heard her say so , and she 'll have a family , and I hope it 's a big one , ten , twelve … |
| 15 | Because she is now out of work they 'll pay for it , and she 'll have a few pounds left to see her through . |
| 16 | All she had to do was push that door and she might find a friend , someone who could understand . |
| 17 | Brown 's was a decent restaurant and she might find a small Georgian house in the Close . |
| 18 | I mean , she 's an attractive girl , so she is , despite her ideas , and she could make a pretty penny out of her looks . |
| 19 | Yes , and she could tell a few tales as well , not that wild horses would drag them from me , not in a gnat 's eyeblink they would n't . ’ |
| 20 | " You , " said Grace , mock-severely ( her heart was fluttering quite uncomfortably and she could feel a most immature desire to blush and simper rising within her ) , " are a naughty boy , and I shall have to keep you in your place , I can see that . " |
| 21 | Bryce paused , and she could sense a sudden change in the atmosphere . |
| 22 | Yesterday , hospital on-call administrator Alan Kennedy said Mrs McIntyre 's complaint would be thoroughly investigated and she could expect a reply within ten working days . |
| 23 | Well that Ethel 's in her seventies and , you see her in just towel wrapped round her and she could wear a |
| 24 | Mary wanted Rufus to drive her all the way back to London but he said Colchester was his limit and she could get a train from there . |
| 25 | And she could have a like four bedroom house for fifty five thousand . |
| 26 | Two makeshift goal-posts had been erected using assorted lengths of strapped sugar cane , and she could hear a lively dispute about the penalty rules . |
| 27 | Sir yes , I represent the County Council with respect to these objections sir , and I shall be calling Mrs to give the evidence , and she will produce a proof and a bundle of appendices which consist of two plans . |
| 28 | It is a fair assumption that the CBI knows at least as much about manufacturing as the hon. Lady does , and she will see a commendation of the Government 's policy in the 1980s and a firm recommendation that it should continue . |
| 29 | The sufferer 's height becomes lower and she will have a stoop . |
| 30 | And she can spring a surprise . |