Example sentences of "if she [vb mod] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt tired and wondered if she might manage a couple of hours ' sleep before the train reached London . |
| 2 | Nicola was examining her bruise , her fingertips stroking the place and moving only in one direction , as if she might draw the pain down and away . |
| 3 | ‘ I have written to Mrs Ogilvy and enquired of her if Gigia might , for a consideration , and everything being arranged for her , if she might accept a travelling companion . ’ |
| 4 | The girl gave a worried glance over her shoulder , as if she might find the dinner guests all crowded inside the room with them . |
| 5 | If she would like the family and close friends to gather together for a meal or light refreshments after the service and committal , you will of course have prepared for this beforehand . |
| 6 | She waited for Jean , his girlfriend , to go to the Ladies , and then pounced , flirting madly and manoeuvring him into bartering with her that he would buy two whole strips if she would have a dance with him . |
| 7 | She thrust her eyes open , as if she would banish the image from them . |
| 8 | The Clerk was to send a letter of apology to Mrs thanking her for twenty years of service and ask if she 'd reconsider the job . |
| 9 | Ask mummy if she 'd like a chocolate . |
| 10 | Tom 's taking me into town , and I wondered if she 'd like a lift . ’ |
| 11 | Why on earth was her heart hammering as if she 'd run a marathon ? |
| 12 | But , since she 'd be hanged if she 'd let the man by her side know that the Sebastian of the deerstalker hat was her brother , she left Sebastian 's name out of it too . |
| 13 | It looked as if she 'd need every ounce . |
| 14 | If she can retain the mood , she 's laughing , ’ said Howells . |
| 15 | Marie asks one of the old women if she can use the changing room , and she shows her where it is . |
| 16 | The old girl should do her duty and send me a postcard if she can take the time off from her toy-boys . |
| 17 | Leith wondered if she should leave the library , but she did not have to wonder for long . |
| 18 | She stared at the receding shoreline and wondered if she should make a jump for it . |
| 19 | She got in touch months ago , at the end of the summer term , in fact , to ask if she could borrow the flat . |
| 20 | After an almost silent session , I felt unsure how to begin to help her ; so I asked her if she could draw a picture of a tree . |
| 21 | She faltered , wondering if she could speak the devastation she had felt when Rosa and Dolores had shown her that tiny baby . |
| 22 | Doreen Copas well recalls her meeting in 1959 with the Principal of Harpenden Evening Institute when she asked if she could start a movement class , and was told there was no real demand . |
| 23 | She recalled her own efforts , with few words and much gesturing , to find out if she could collect the washing , all clean and dried , in two hours . |
| 24 | But he 's English originally , is n't he ? ’ she prompted Florian , as if she could alter the truth by uncovering an error . |
| 25 | who I 've , cos she said to Mr if she could bring a camera for us to camcord |
| 26 | Generally Ruth slept up here , although now and then she would come politely to ask Rachaela if she could stay the night on Emma 's sofa . |
| 27 | He was so tentative that she wondered if she could avoid the question , but then he persisted . |
| 28 | I also asked her if she could leave a meal in the oven . ’ |
| 29 | Our club members had been knitting cushions for charity and at the beginning of question time Georgie asked if she could tell the story of her cushion . |
| 30 | And Douglas had promised that Shiona 's lifelong ambition — to study fashion design in London — was hers for the taking if she could make the grade . |