Example sentences of "she [modal v] ever have " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hates being photographed and wonders if she should ever have chosen a career in television . |
| 2 | It was the risk of getting caught and then losing any chance that she might ever have of getting her hands on Charlie 's ledger information . |
| 3 | Her face was blank , and Meryl found herself wondering how she could ever have imagined that they had some kind of common bond , women in medicine , friendship . |
| 4 | The stench which rose from below , to where Ruth stood at the top of the hatchway , was worse than anything she could ever have imagined . |
| 5 | Yesterday you sent the sad Princess the best message she could ever have — we need you . |
| 6 | Emily climbed down from the cab and stood looking uncertainly around her , World 's End was a far worse place than she could ever have imagined . |
| 7 | Ruth found herself crouching on the floor , almost fainting ; wondering how she could ever have thought before that Fincara was casting spells . |
| 8 | When Liz Headleand woke on the first day of 1980 and found herself in bed with her husband , she remembered instantly the scene of the night before , and wondered how she could ever have been so upset by it . |
| 9 | Miranda fleetingly wondered how she could ever have thought that Adam had a withholding , guarded nature . |
| 10 | Already , she wore on her arms all the jewellery she could ever have dreamed of . |
| 11 | She wondered how she could ever have thought that she loved him , and why she had stayed with him for so long after she 'd realised that if she ever had , she did not love him now . |
| 12 | In mounting anger she glared up at the taunting dark face , wondering how she could ever have thought his laughter attractive . |
| 13 | And then her heart almost stopped as she remembered — and wondered instantly how she could ever have forgotten . |
| 14 | What he was saying hurt Shiona more than she could ever have believed possible . |
| 15 | His eyes shone with mischief , and she wondered how she could ever have thought him boring . |
| 16 | Now most of her contacts were out-of-town businessmen , far more scared of comebacks than she 'd ever have to be . |
| 17 | It was all she would ever have . |
| 18 | During her years in Helmsley , she had missed life on the farm more than she would ever have thought possible . |
| 19 | Benny took the bus to Dublin on the first day of term with more trepidation than she would ever have expected . |
| 20 | She kept sight of him in her mirror — hands in pockets , bedraggled — until she turned the corner , hoping that image would be the last she would ever have of him . |
| 21 | Nor did she think she would ever have the courage to find out . |
| 22 | She stood there a moment , looking out across the pre-dawn darkness of the spaceport , barely conscious of the passengers pushing by , knowing that this was probably the last view she would ever have of City Europe — the City in which she had spent her whole life . |
| 23 | For some reason the thought that he seriously did n't care one way or another what her opinions were wounded her pride more than she would ever have admitted in a million years . |
| 24 | It was one of her own designs , but whether she would ever have worn it , if it had n't been for the interfering Roman Wyatt , she did n't know . |
| 25 | More hurt , bewildered and confused than she would ever have believed possible such a short time ago , she walked into the dark cottage and up to bed . |
| 26 | It was the last place in the world she would ever have chosen for a tryst , as she would tell him when he turned up . |
| 27 | His gratitude — and the kiss — meant more to her than she would ever have admitted to anyone . |