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 . |