Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I love Ma , but she must expect to be unhappy because she 's reached that time of life . |
| 2 | She was simply reminding Jaq of how she might continue to be useful . |
| 3 | She could do with being able to sew for her own sake . |
| 4 | And , quite apart from demonstrating maturity by dismissing the incident and behaving normally , if she could manage to be polite to this man there was just a chance she might discover some clues to his plans for her family 's business . |
| 5 | She tried to remember the little he had said about Suvarov , but all she could think of was that without him neither she nor Anthony would have met David . |
| 6 | All she could think of was pine-scented engine oil and the need to get it out of her system . |
| 7 | for the hour because all she could think of was this |
| 8 | Writing to Ellen , never her most sympathetic correspondent , was dreary work since all she could think of were frantic pleas to tell her of Oreste and she grew tired of begging long before she reached the end of the first sheet . |
| 9 | Edward was still kissing her , his tongue circling inside her mouth , but all she could think about was this new sensation between her legs , a little like the way she felt when they danced , but even better . |
| 10 | All she could hope for was that Spiderglass would never find out who she really was . |
| 11 | The doctor was paying her the ten shillings , she could afford to be friendly . |
| 12 | Dora , naturally , was in good spirits and with Fortune on her side she could afford to be magnanimous . |
| 13 | I want to ask Miss Everdene if she 'd like to be married . ’ |
| 14 | But she 'd like to be nearer eight stone . |
| 15 | ‘ The other is for Rachel , Flo 's wife in South Africa , because I knew he would n't get round to doing it himself and I thought she 'd like to be able to show their little daughter a picture of her father doing something responsible and public-spirited for a change . ’ |
| 16 | She 'd like to be optimistic . |
| 17 | She 'd need to be careful . |
| 18 | She had felt she 'd die rather than give him the satisfaction , but now she 'd have to be clever , for by implication she had denigrated his power and his commitment to protect her . |
| 19 | She 'd have to be tactful , would begin by saying there was a real need for male helpers … |
| 20 | She 'd have to be careful . |
| 21 | She 'd have to be careful . |
| 22 | She 'd have to be patient until lunchtime , then soften up Penry Vaughan with a snack before she made her request . |
| 23 | She would pretend to be busy whenever she heard Moran come . |
| 24 | She would pretend to be frightened when he jumped out , would call out to him to be careful when he crept along an overhanging branch and hung , skimming the water . |
| 25 | The person she would have to be nice to , for Sam 's sake , was their brother Daniel . |
| 26 | For Sam 's sake , she would have to be pleasant to — to — |
| 27 | She would have to be blind not to be aware of it . |
| 28 | If they were all to get on as a family , she would have to be careful about introducing Richard to the children . |
| 29 | He was a man capable of great charm , but she would have to be careful that she did n't get taken in by it , Hari told herself sternly . |
| 30 | She would have to be careful about her overconfidence binges . |