Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 31 | Well the , all the others go on a Saturday but Heidi said she would be in it if she did n't have to go on Saturday , every Saturday , because she goes riding you see at nine o'clock nine till four so er Wendy said oh she 'll have her up on a Sunday afternoon the two or three principals . |
| 32 | Ruby she 'll have she 'll have some children though because I mean they 're somewhere down in |
| 33 | Sliding into the warmth he had just left , inhaling the scent of him on the pillows , surrounded by his clothes , books and possessions , she could feel her resolve to keep him at arm 's length ebbing relentlessly away . |
| 34 | She could feel her breathing quicken . |
| 35 | A futile gesture , as he lifted her off the ground , and before she could react she was being carried unceremoniously to the house . |
| 36 | What she could do she had no idea ; but she would stand on the cliff top at Dover and heave rocks at the arrogant sods , if that was what it took . |
| 37 | If there was silence for the rest of her life she could slake her dreaming thirst with the memory of this laughing , throaty fountain . |
| 38 | Although she snatched a moment whenever she could to telephone her much missed family , ‘ you could feel her disappointments , her lack of freedom . |
| 39 | She ignored the question in Sybil 's face ; she could tell her about Harris 's visit some other time . |
| 40 | She could tell she was going to get no response from Coffin , although he was being polite , when a crowd of youngsters swarmed in from the local youth club . |
| 41 | ‘ Emma saw her in Bamford and asked her if she could send her the book to sign and Harriet said yes , of course . |
| 42 | Dorothea did not even mind when she lost her grip and wandered off down the avenues of the past , for sometimes she could accompany her , at any rate part of the way , and |
| 43 | Christina hoped it would n't be too long before she could make her escape . |
| 44 | ‘ What 's wrong with you ? ’ she repeated , resting her forearms on the coach roof so she could hide her trembling hands . |
| 45 | As long as she had money , she could pretend she had always been here , but the prospect of destitution tested her false history in a way which made her feel it was n't her fault . |
| 46 | Then she picked up her internal telephone and , very civilly , asked Clare if she could spare her half an hour or so — yes , before the meeting ; yes , as soon as possible . |
| 47 | She gripped Fand almost roughly , as if she could hold her back from dying . |
| 48 | Before she could turn she felt something about her throat . |
| 49 | She could n't reach Kelpie from the nearest branch to him , but when she was as near as she could get she put out her hand and called softly to him , just as she used to do at home . |
| 50 | Fear for Dana and what would happen to her twin if Roman found her and Garry before she could warn her . |
| 51 | Ever since the two disastrous meetings she had had recently about Matilda , the first with the Headmistress and the second with the dreadful Mr and Mrs Wormwood , Miss Honey had been thinking a great deal about this child and wondering how she could help her . |
| 52 | She went to the reception and a smiling woman in a white blouse and neat grey skirt rose up and asked if she could help her . |
| 53 | So I took her in so she could help her help her do something like for a while . |
| 54 | and that , that 's why their er you know , Shaun , erm , Amelda brought erm Moyra down with the babies , you know she was up there and she could help her down , but Shaun is coming down now wi , this weekend in the car and of course they 'll be able to go back in the car , erm there 's , there 's gon na be a party for erm , of course should warn the girl Of course that 's the awful thing about it is n't it ? |
| 55 | As long as she could remember she had heard — servant 's gossip ; visitors ' cluckings ; her grandmother denouncing the past ; Mena explaining away ; Mr James rationally doling it out ; Constanza 's open dissections . |
| 56 | For as long as she could remember she had herself been in love with the man who led the greyhounds and their attendants on a dignified procession round the track before the race began . |
| 57 | Yet for as long as she could remember she 'd been instructed to do so . |
| 58 | She wanted somehow to have her mother for herself , but only so that she could reject her herself . |
| 59 | In as tactful a way as she could contrive she asked Shildon to hurry up with what he wanted to say . |
| 60 | And then she could say she 'd like to borrow it . |