Example sentences of "[vb past] she [modal v] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However deeply involved she might be in her own conversation she rarely missed anything that was said by those around her . |
| 2 | From this a spiral staircase led upwards to a similar-sized room with windows on all sides , and Sabine realised she must be in the tower she 'd noticed on the way in . |
| 3 | and all of a sudden I developed she 'd be on the phone going , I 've just eaten mussels with vinegar in them . |
| 4 | Driven to such a pitch , by now she would have welcomed mere affection — if it meant she could be by his side some time . |
| 5 | I felt she would be at home in an arena with starving lions . |
| 6 | She said she had not complained at the paratroopers ' barracks because she knew she would be in trouble for being out of bounds . |
| 7 | He thought she might be on the point of offering him a nip of whisky but she did not go that far . |
| 8 | I thought of going to see Celia , and then I thought she might be at the hospital , for the tissue-typing results — ’ |
| 9 | I thought she might be under the front part of the colonnade , and peered cautiously round the corner . |
| 10 | She thought she might be in Nevada , but it was hard to tell . |
| 11 | Well , she asked me to kiss her , which of course I did , and then she said maybe she would n't marry him ; that she thought she might be in love with me . |
| 12 | Joshua thought she would be in her early forties . |
| 13 | I thought she 'd be on that one five minutes I 'll see what |
| 14 | ‘ Booked by Nicky , when she still thought she 'd be with us . ’ |
| 15 | He knew by then that he would kill her , because when his telephone rang Edouard said she would be at the museum . |
| 16 | Well the , all the others go on a Saturday but Heidi said she would be in it if she did n't have to go on Saturday , every Saturday , because she goes riding you see at nine o'clock nine till four so er Wendy said oh she 'll have her up on a Sunday afternoon the two or three principals . |
| 17 | But I mean I think Gill sort of worries the fact I think she 's , I mean nobody said she 'd be in there till Christmas . |
| 18 | And when he would not be persuaded that Rain had no more for him , she mentioned Georgie and Joey and wished she could be aboard Perfidia when Berg cornered them , as he surely would . |
| 19 | Constance looked at Gioella and calculated she must be in her early thirties . |