Example sentences of "[adj] she [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know when things got fresh she 'd perhaps have enough for all week or till you went on the Tuesday , you see , yeah . |
| 2 | She was cruelly obsessed with class and if her children had not come from a background that she knew to be reliable she would certainly have ignored them as she ignored the au-pair girls . |
| 3 | Berenice 's blood-pressure is far too high and the doctors are insistent she must n't have worries of any kind if she 's to go to full term . ’ |
| 4 | She felt sometimes that he did n't know how spirited she could be , and this would certainly have shown him ! |
| 5 | Whenever things went wrong she would blame us and say that we were causing Bernard difficulties . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't well I could be wrong she might do it on the spot . |
| 7 | Although she knew they were both wrong she could n't apportion blame to either of them , not yet , at any rate ; the only thing she knew at the moment was that what she had heard tied her to this house and the business as if she had signed a contract giving away her life . |
| 8 | Which all went to prove how totally wrong she could be when in the next instant Ven swung abruptly away from her and informed her coolly , ‘ I 've an engagement this evening . |
| 9 | After three weeks , during which time it became clear she might be in her dotage before she mastered the Warsaw Concerto , she 'd given it up . |
| 10 | It was clear she could not banish the image of the dying child . |
| 11 | Clinton 's wife Hillary one of America 's top lawyers has already made it clear she will not be just the mild , meek First Lady . |
| 12 | Just how high she will climb on the podium in August may be indicated at the British Open on Sunday . |
| 13 | She determined she would show him how generous she could be , next time , how to her the priests ' talk was cant , and she 'd defy all for love of him . |
| 14 | The rebuttal had done her no good whatsoever , her face was going blotchy , but she mustered all the sang-froid she could and continued , ‘ Since you refuse to be civil I shall not moderate my criticism . |
| 15 | However unpleasant she would find it , she would have to watch Eddie 's fatal accident , even if the thought made her feel ill . |
| 16 | How gauche and transparent she must seem . |
| 17 | When it was wet she would turn up at the cafés with galoshes . |
| 18 | If he was careful she might even allow him to travel back with her on the coach . |
| 19 | It was strong in Kate and she knew if she was not careful she would be offering him refuge , sorting out his problems , arranging his life for him . |
| 20 | Yeah , er well if they 're not too careful she 'll of grown up before they realize it , oh she goes on at you oh , like an old woman , she knows everything , she knows more than Judith about what 's going on |
| 21 | When she was fastened to my fist people really scared her , whereas if she had been free she would have been able to take evasive action . |
| 22 | She would ring the agency , give in her notice , and as soon as she was free she would go out to her parents . |
| 23 | She recalled Rose today in the shop , how brutal she could be in attack , but how straight . |
| 24 | I 'm afraid she may be having another . |
| 25 | But I 'm afraid she may fight me . |
| 26 | I 'm afraid she wo n't manage the temple . ’ |
| 27 | At one time Robert had been afraid she would become too tall for the stage , but her height remained ideal at five foot six . |
| 28 | He also remembered the goose pimples that appeared on his arms as the evening grew cooler , and how he did n't suggest they went inside because he was afraid she would say that it was time to go . |
| 29 | She desperately wanted to fill in the hollow of longing that pierced Friend — but she was afraid she would offend him . |
| 30 | I was afraid she would die there and then . |