Example sentences of "she [modal v] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She may well have a thing or two to teach the Goldsmiths ' graduates about handling the demands of the art world and media . |
| 2 | The more she thought about it , the more clearly she saw that she must somehow get a warning to Tristram . |
| 3 | But she really must send Charlie her new address and tell him how peculiar it all was ; about the strange customs , still revered because Nelson had established them ; about rooms which were now cabins , walls which had become bulkheads and a kitchen she must now call a galley . |
| 4 | Technically she might also refuse a request for a dissolution , although it is hard to imagine her ever doing so . |
| 5 | Why , it was almost indecent — she might even have a kid . |
| 6 | With a bit of luck she might even get a place on a flight that very day . |
| 7 | And she added , ‘ She 'll soon have a collection , what with the Seven Dwarfs and Jack the Giant Killer . ’ |
| 8 | If someone is shielding her then she 'll probably have a bed for the night . ’ |
| 9 | She 'll also make a grab for any toy that takes her fancy , even if she 's told it belongs to another child . |
| 10 | Mrs and now she 'll just have a burn out . |
| 11 | ‘ Jake 'd have wanted me to see her right ; but she 'll never take a penny piece off me … ’ |
| 12 | Well she 'll never get a size four on , my boots . |
| 13 | If Gran wakes , she 'll only want a glass of water . ’ |
| 14 | she 'll only get a taxi , if er , she thinks it not viable , but er , it , it to me , it just seems not buggering about , but |
| 15 | She could even see a thrush pecking out a scarlet yew berry , swallowing the scarlet flesh and spitting out the poisonous pip . |
| 16 | She could even put a name to his American fiancée . |
| 17 | In this way she developed her instinctive talent as a fashion editor ; she could instantly take a detail from this and an idea from that , while keeping well within her overall style . |
| 18 | Theda was so appalled that she could barely repress a shudder , never mind summon up a smile . |
| 19 | So strange , she sometimes thought , to have all this engineering knowledge in three languages and still be so unable to apply a single word of it that she could scarcely change a plug without helpful diagrams . |
| 20 | It was pitch black ; she could scarcely see a hand in front of her . |
| 21 | By an effort of memory she could just recall a time when money had been plentiful , and her father — then strong and well — had spent it with a gay extravagance which had delighted her as a small child . |
| 22 | She could still get a phone call telling her sh telling her no , that 's the other thing . |
| 23 | He had to admit that she could still ride a lot better than he could . |
| 24 | Julia 's bedroom was now the heart of the house with the family spending every possible moment with her , and although her face was almost fleshless she could always manage a smile to greet them . |
| 25 | She could always find a reason to stop Conradin enjoying himself . |
| 26 | She caught worldwide attention last year when she claimed in a defence of prostitution charges that she could only satisfy a sex addiction by selling herself to the long line of men . |
| 27 | It may sound priggish , but she says it 's unwise to go against one 's nature , its fundamental requirements , she knew that she could only make a go of it , a real go — and that was what she wanted — with some very extraordinary kind of man , and she had n't met him yet . |
| 28 | Alice looked all round the table , but she could only see a teapot . |
| 29 | She might have found him attractive , but there was no way in the world she could ever give a damn about a man who was as dishonest and as hard-hearted as he was ! |
| 30 | Her nanny , though , was once stopped in the street by someone demanding to know how she could possibly have a child by a black man . |