Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But knowing what she ought to do was one thing — putting it into action seemed to be quite another .
2 She may have been three years older than he was , pushing forty and not quite as pert as the sort of girl he favoured at this precise moment , but one day Jack would grow up , look for a real woman to take care of him , and there she 'd be , waiting and ready .
3 She might have been any age between thirty and sixty and Wexford set the lower limit so low only because of her young children .
4 She could have been any girl in any photograph .
5 She could have been any age , for though her face was weathered by the sun , no wrinkles marred her face .
6 Melanie wondered how old she was but there was no way of telling ; she could have been any age between twenty-five and forty .
7 All she could hear were soft snores .
8 When she did finally reach for the food , or lure , all she would do was lean over and rip off a piece , rather than step on to the glove .
9 She would have been rude back , but she was drinking my booze .
10 Among the sources she will find are critical reviews , articles , catalogues and books about New York painting of the 1940s and 1950s , which will remind her that Pollock died in 1956 .
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