Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It turned out that she did n't realise they were down , but thinks she must have pushed them into that position when dropping the ribber . |
| 32 | She must have disturbed them , Jehan thought , or they would have lain in the bushes until we passed . |
| 33 | He believed she must have sent him the bill personally , wanting to meet him as much as he wanted to meet her . |
| 34 | Not half as much as I am of you ! thought Henry , as he ran his eyes down the rest of the manuscript ( she must have written it before going to sleep ) . |
| 35 | When he left the Navy with a suitably heroic reputation , she must have reckoned he was her dream come true . ’ |
| 36 | But the impression that he had been caught off guard was so fleeting that Polly was sure she must have imagined it . |
| 37 | Piers turned around to face her , and for a split second his glance swept over her with appreciation , but the moment was gone so quickly that she thought she must have imagined it . |
| 38 | She tossed her head defiantly , and just for a moment saw a flicker of something in his eyes before it was gone so fast that she knew she must have imagined it . |
| 39 | ‘ There wo n't be any , ’ Lindsey gave the quiet assurance , and thought she heard him mutter ‘ good girl ! ’ , but told herself she must have imagined it , as he was already striding down the corridor . |
| 40 | She must have asked them , and they must have said no . |
| 41 | A savage anger rose , but she must have kept it hidden , because Giles did n't appear to notice anything wrong . |
| 42 | It was hard to be certain but she was pretty sure he had n't , and she imagined she must have assumed he was on duty at the hospital . |
| 43 | ‘ She must have planned it before she went to the hospital . ’ |
| 44 | Rather , she must have inherited it or bought it at a jumble sale for the sake of something to cover herself as a rest from her everlasting black or perhaps ( most likely ) found it in a drawer of her newly married bedroom , chosen for her by Uncle Philip as suitable for his wife to wear on Sundays . |
| 45 | She must have told him herself . |
| 46 | She must have told him I kept the appointment . ’ |
| 47 | She must have told me once that I was lucky to have a warm bed to lie in at night . |
| 48 | His sister , Sara , had been to see him and I think she must have upset him . |
| 49 | Because er my mother was fair and she must have carried it or something and then I I 'd just started I think a week of two or three weeks and my sister got it and the boys never got it . |
| 50 | I do n't know where they , she must have taken them upstairs I think . |
| 51 | He persuaded the court that she must have raped him . |
| 52 | The elderly woman opened it , but she must have thought I was a thief or a beggar , because she refused to let me speak to the young ladies . |
| 53 | She must have thought she had a wasp 's nest down there . |
| 54 | She must have thought she was using some magic password known only to the foreigners who drank this strange golden liquid in preference to kava . |
| 55 | In any case , she must have thought he was still safely locked away . ’ |
| 56 | She must have caught him with her fist , though she had n't felt it . |
| 57 | She must have supposed she was dealing , in some way , with her own affairs . |
| 58 | but , but he said he paid the way she must have worked it so that he |
| 59 | I wondered where all that confetti came from ; knowing Mum I guessed she must have supplied it , but none of us children were given any . |
| 60 | She must have stretched them . |