Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there is the tale of a lying girl , as she may be , with whom he makes love , and who alarms him with word of a threatening German — a former SS man , perhaps . |
| 2 | Yesterday , in Tokyo , she indicated that she may be around for a little while longer than expected . |
| 3 | After all , if this week 's polls are anything to go by , she may be joining the ranks of Britain 's retired pensioners in 1992 . |
| 4 | However , if an agent is enjoying the wine with a Bryan Adams , he or she may be drinking the vinegar with a manager 's smaller act who makes much more work than the bigger act , with absolutely no income . |
| 5 | Also , even if a subject is never directly or completely ‘ freed ’ trom repression by its displacement , he or she may be empowered in other ways — for example , by being seen to be homophobic in a homophobic culture . |
| 6 | She may be listed somewhere among missing persons and no search have begun for her because the manner of her life showed that occasional apparent disappearances were not unusual . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I 'm afraid she may be having another . |
| 10 | Working girl she may be but , having turned 40 , Sigourney Weaver ( right ) took time out for motherhood |
| 11 | But in a first hint that she may be prepared to modify her views , the Prime Minister will tell the President that , if the deployment of new short-range missiles in Germany becomes unrealistic , Britain is certainly prepared to consider the alternative of stand-off missiles carried on Tornados . |
| 12 | There is plenty of psychoanalytical data to suggest that modern women do have a complicated relationship with sexuality involving guilt and pain of complex kinds ; inasmuch as these relationships constitute barriers in the growth of a person she should seek such healing as she may be able to find . |
| 13 | Taking my cue from her collaborations with David Steele and Andy Cox of the Fine Young Cannibals ( who have produced three tracks for the album ) , I suggest that eventually she may be drawn beyond the usual limits of rap , towards creating real verse and chorus songs . |
| 14 | But I would not have Alida need friends or be lonely in any way , however difficult a person she may be . |
| 15 | I think she may be a genuine improvisatrice . ’ |
| 16 | Revamp or not , she may be forced to update the tone of the Herald , which has gained a reputation for propagating earnest 1960s opinions . |
| 17 | Not infrequently , in fact , he or she may be assisted in his search by that same social services department ( Haimes and Timms , 1985 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ There 's a boat coming up the river now , ’ said John , ‘ but she may be going right up to Ipswich … ’ |
| 19 | She may be in danger . ’ |
| 20 | She may be just your type . ’ |
| 21 | She may be specially trained in some aspects of stroke care , so that she has the title of stroke care nurse . |
| 22 | But verily , for that lawless coronation that she made , she shall be most firmly enclosed in a dwelling of stone and iron , made like a crown , and at Berwick be hung up in the open air , that she may be given , in life and after death , for a gazing-stock and an everlasting scorn to those who pass by . ’ |
| 23 | In the days of the Raj , British passengers on the Rajputana State Railway received enviable attention : this handbook is a personalized itinerary for Miss Baring and warns her that she may be kept awake by one train driver 's ‘ unpleasant whistle ’ . |
| 24 | Thus , a whole range of decisions would not be left merely to the instinct of the doctor , good though he or she may be , but would be set down in a form which is at the same time authoritative , yet flexible and able to change if circumstances demand . |
| 25 | She may be encouraged if she sees a poster on the wall about Aids . |
| 26 | Wherever she may be now , on this earth or not , she has my eternal gratitude . |
| 27 | ‘ She may be of age , but I wo n't allow her to marry someone who ca n't provide for her ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If you meet a lady , she may be a Duchess or a lady tramp , you raise your cap . ’ |
| 29 | He or she may be clairvoyant , a medium , or have a gift of telepathy . |
| 30 | The means of salvaging something of the disposition is to recognize that so far as the daughter has benefited under her father 's will she may be obliged by a trust . |