Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [vb infin] [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | The doctor was paying her the ten shillings , she could afford to be friendly . |
| 5 | Dora , naturally , was in good spirits and with Fortune on her side she could afford to be magnanimous . |
| 6 | I want to ask Miss Everdene if she 'd like to be married . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | She 'd like to be optimistic . |
| 9 | She 'd need to be careful . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She 'd have to be tactful , would begin by saying there was a real need for male helpers … |
| 12 | She 'd have to be careful . |
| 13 | She 'd have to be careful . |
| 14 | She 'd have to be patient until lunchtime , then soften up Penry Vaughan with a snack before she made her request . |
| 15 | She would pretend to be busy whenever she heard Moran come . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The person she would have to be nice to , for Sam 's sake , was their brother Daniel . |
| 18 | For Sam 's sake , she would have to be pleasant to — to — |
| 19 | She would have to be blind not to be aware of it . |
| 20 | If they were all to get on as a family , she would have to be careful about introducing Richard to the children . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | She would have to be careful about her overconfidence binges . |
| 23 | Walking up the path to the front door on legs that felt slightly wobbly Sally realised she would have to be satisfied with that . |
| 24 | She would have to be different . |
| 25 | She did not actually say , ‘ she would have to be different ’ , but the implication was unmistakable . |
| 26 | Cordelia , like Coriolanus , is being forced into a ceremony in which she would have to be false to her own nature . |
| 27 | She imagined that after playing tennis and having tea , they would go on somewhere and she would like to be available to go with them . |
| 28 | That 's why she is a bit nervous ; she would like to be alone with him , without Paul , and she does n't quite know how to arrange it . |
| 29 | I asked Joyce what aspect of her phobia she felt still remained and she said that she would like to be able to go into an open space such as a park , where there were likely to be many more birds around . |
| 30 | Kate says she would like to be able to take more of a hands-on approach to her job . |