Example sentences of "she [modal v] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is looking for critical views against which to pitch her own ; it seems that she may have chosen the wrong sort of topic , since on a holiday in Italy she had been stunned by the newly renovated Michelangelo ceiling in the Sistine Chapel in Rome , and although there were plenty of books about it , many of them went into extravagant detail . |
| 2 | She may have made a mess of her life ; she may have faced problems beyond your comprehension . |
| 3 | She may have made a mess of her life ; she may have faced problems beyond your comprehension . |
| 4 | After the emergency , give your child the opportunity to talk about the incident and about any other worries he or she may have . |
| 5 | If your employee is not entitled to SMP , you need to complete form SMP1 and give it to her together with any maternity certificate which she may have given you . |
| 6 | She may have become an international superstar , wined and dined with kings and presidents , prima ballerinas , film idols , pop legends and sporting heroes ; she may be ferried around in motorcades and private yachts and planes ; and she may be given priceless jewels to wear . |
| 7 | She may have been just twenty years old , and secretly terrified , but she would only have one wedding in her life , and she was determined to make it her own . |
| 8 | She may have put a brave face on it . |
| 9 | She can complete a course double with BAGGRAVE LAD ( 3.15 ) in the Orbital Centre NH Flat race and earlier at Ludlow she may have initiated a treble by winning with her dual bumper winner RUN TO FORM ( 12.30 ) . |
| 10 | Although she may have many other fine qualities , she is clearly not an international fashion model . |
| 11 | When she heard the grumbles of the county landowners after the announcement , she may have wished she had done . |
| 12 | She may have told him but it did not stop the questions . |
| 13 | She will respond intuitively as she senses the class 's needs , or , rather , she may have to respond to the class 's wants . |
| 14 | If the only way to give the drama momentum is to allow through ( 1 ) an emergence of crude competition between the teacher and pupils or through the even cruder ‘ I 'm the baddy not to be trusted ’ approach of ( 4 ) , then she may have to abandon altogether her intention to open up ( 2 ) , the recognition by the townsfolk that here is an official who can not know and indeed who does not want to know what the cost of this decision will be to those of us who are faced with it . |
| 15 | While she may have been forced to permit some seepage of sovereignty to imperial institutions on some issues , she was never prepared to give ground on things that really mattered as , in the same way , Germany is not prepared to give ground on monetary union . |
| 16 | She may have written some very promising poetry , but she had little personal support for her writing while she was at Edgcote . |
| 17 | She may have had some outdoor work as well , such as feeding poultry . |
| 18 | After her experience at Edgcote she may have doubted this prospect . |
| 19 | She may actually have pressed her case with less vigour than is indicated above , since by mid-1968 it was abundantly clear that ‘ broad-based support ’ was not emerging and she may have suspended her earlier judgement in view of the success of the first march . |
| 20 | I felt that she may have either directly or indirectly encouraged him to make this decision for several reasons : she was suffering ; she knew that he was n't going to leave the hospital and she accepted that ; and she did n't like seeing him talk himself into more suffering for him and for her ; and I do n't think there 's any question that in some sense she must have gotten this across to him that he ought to give up much more than anyone else . |
| 21 | She may have siphoned much of the collective spirit from the Cabinet Room in the way meetings are conducted , but more than a shadow remains . |
| 22 | However , for the prisoner , the CAB adviser is often the only non-establishment source of support and contact that he or she may have with the outside world . |
| 23 | She may have had problems over a similar product , or one from the same manufacturer , before . |
| 24 | If Mrs Jones is looking uncomfortable , she may have wet herself , or she may be in a lot of pain . |
| 25 | He or she may have several diseases concurrently which will complicate nursing care . |
| 26 | It stimulates the development of rational thinking , of critical and creative abilities so that an educated person is able to employ any knowledge and skills she may have in a variety of ways and contexts . |
| 27 | If a wife is going to be out all day and her husband refuses to help in the home , she may have to consider arranging or paying for help if she can afford to — in order to do what she wants to do . |
| 28 | The outgoing person who has been doing the job should be consulted as part of this , although it should be borne in mind that he or she may have certain prejudices which preclude their giving a totally satisfactory answer . |
| 29 | The departure of a ‘ special ’ child may be particularly problematic because he or she may have invoked part of the parents ' own history , or because the child performed a vital role in the family such as ‘ go-between ’ or communicator . |
| 30 | She may have killed a rabbit in a spot — a dead-end , for example — where it prevents her escape by blocking the burrow . |