Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often he told her she ought to wear warmer clothing . |
| 2 | The walk there took only about ten minutes and she thought that even with the frightening weakness in her legs that she had discovered the first time she got out of bed she ought to manage that distance . |
| 3 | She supposed that she ought to spend more time at the place , but was always thankful when she was once again on the road back to London . |
| 4 | If Mrs Richards has been here so long , she ought to have some kind of permanent record , to help new staff like me . ’ |
| 5 | And she said and she said thank you she said , Miss Anderson she said she ought to have more sense than come in a thing like that she said to the officers . |
| 6 | The Girl was explaining how she thought perhaps she ought to make some kind of thanks to them for their hospitality . |
| 7 | You had no way of knowing what it would be like and she may change one day . " |
| 8 | She may regret this change , but colludes with it by making and selling ethnic jewellery of her own . |
| 9 | However , both Dr Kent and Dr Whitfield are of the opinion that she may avoid respiratory distress . ’ |
| 10 | If an idea originator takes the idea to management prematurely , he or she may get little action . |
| 11 | I detect a definite note of cynicism in Amanda 's prose regarding her homeland , and personally she may have good reason to feel bitter . |
| 12 | If Inspector Miskin is required to make notes , then she may find that chair by the window convenient . |
| 13 | He agreed to pay them but told Gina she must give some Italian lessons or something in future if she wanted to treat herself to things like that . |
| 14 | She must make some scheme for herself , the best thing to do . |
| 15 | She bit her lip , she must avoid financial ruin at all costs , what did she have that she could sell to raise money ? |
| 16 | She must face that possibility , and take her chance , if their relationship was to progress beyond its present stage . |
| 17 | After a fortnight 's visit with her mother to her aunt Mrs Poole at Ramsgate , Helen decided that she must earn some money and , if possible , live away from home where her mother 's grief-stricken restrictions and excessive dependency — so she thought — would curtail that freedom of action and expression in which her father had encouraged her . |
| 18 | To sense portals in distant cities , she must possess impeccable talent … |
| 19 | Florrie made up her mind : she must buy some material and make a new set of curtains . |
| 20 | She must get this phone call done before Guido could interrupt her . |
| 21 | She must write that letter in time for him to send back a reply . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've told her she must spend less time in the prop room . ’ . |
| 23 | He had called her a leprechaun , thought she must have Irish blood in her . |
| 24 | She must have that quality , without which no woman could meet his exacting standard , a gift of caring and nurturing , a loving , maternal sweetness . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She must have some radar , he thought , that at the last saved her from the worst effects of his anger and frustration . |
| 27 | She must have some complaint , Alida decided , to stay in this house two and a half , three hours , and not ask for the bathroom , it is unnatural . |
| 28 | The idea was not new ; it had been first put into operation in the preceding reign of Louis-Philippe , but during that period it was made clear to France that she must play second fiddle in the European concert otherwise Britain would turn her out of the orchestra . |
| 29 | But , she knew , sorrow and resentment were there , only just subdued ; and soon she must find more money for him . |
| 30 | She did not know why she should feel such fear , because she felt for her mother not respect , but contempt : and why should she lack courage before someone whose attitudes were to her so transparently , pettily contemptible ? |