Example sentences of "[vb past] she [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To make life easier for us all I started to teach her a few commands , but I found she would obey any order before it was given . |
| 2 | And when her husband cracked another joke , she found she could laugh with the rest . |
| 3 | Anna found she could do it quite well , but Corrie had no aptitude at all , though when it came to learning Foundling hymns she excelled . |
| 4 | From that moment Tess found she could whistle tunes to the birds just as Mrs d'Urberville wanted . |
| 5 | Pulsatilla LM1 produced a response within 3 days when her mouth felt as if it was coated with glue and then she suddenly found she could smell again ! |
| 6 | She found she could sit at work in the Rose Bowl , her hands occupied as they were now , while in her head she relived the moments she had spent with Luke ; his hands caressing her ; his mouth on hers . |
| 7 | She found she could wave her arms as she ran . |
| 8 | And for those few hours after she got home she found she could talk to her mother properly for the first time in over two years . |
| 9 | She found she could get the attention and praise she wanted only by achieving , being good and caring for that pretty little monster she so resented . |
| 10 | Dot found she could read the letters and was surprised . |
| 11 | Once aboard , she found she could let them off the leash . |
| 12 | She barely seemed to notice if he stroked her hair as they talked , but if he moved she would say quickly , ‘ Do n't go away , ’ and bring his hand back to her forehead . |
| 13 | And pretended she could hear gulls mewing and the squeak of sand under the balls of her feet and the rhythm of wings . |
| 14 | There had been a time when she had thought of going with Roman and dreamed of dancing held tightly in his arms , but now she doubted she would go at all . |
| 15 | They looked out for Barbara Coleman on the way , but there were taxis about and no one doubted she would have called one . |
| 16 | There was not a lot to tour in the inclement weather , though the Bohemia concert party was marked down for a visit , and the bandstand too held promise , though with all these people about , she doubted she would hear the music . |
| 17 | She could make up a story , say she suffered temporary amnesia , or that she was knocked unconscious by thieves and all her money was gone , but she doubted she could make it sound believable . |
| 18 | She had remembered somewhere else from long ago , doubted she could find it but dared . |
| 19 | Isabel lay very still , her muscles so rigid with tension that she doubted she could have moved anyway . |
| 20 | Fiona Ray , who has Down 's Syndrome , was sure she could win the tough Duke of Edinburgh 's Gold Award , but experts doubted she 'd do it . |
| 21 | And perhaps , though he doubted she 'd agree , they could sit once more in the back seats for old times ' sake . |
| 22 | She even promised she would speak to Albert and see what could be done in the way of money . |
| 23 | Promised she would come and see me , but you know what these little chelas are like … |
| 24 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 25 | But even as she fumed she could see the sense in his ploy — nobody would be suspicious of his frequent presence in the nightclub if they thought he had something going with Rory . |
| 26 | Nigel believed she would assume he had something incurable with a shade of film glamour to it — leukaemia , perhaps . |
| 27 | If she was killed to prevent her telling the truth about the paintings , her killer was someone who believed she would tell . |
| 28 | In fact , he believed she ought to have done without them for vanity 's sake , as he did . |
| 29 | He believed she must have received some of his mailings by now as she was in an even worse temper than usual . |
| 30 | He believed she must have sent him the bill personally , wanting to meet him as much as he wanted to meet her . |