Example sentences of "she [modal v] [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many now realised , for the first time , that she may not be with them for that much longer . |
| 2 | Biddy said gently , ‘ She may not be worth the trouble , Pip . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I think she may not be in the pond … |
| 4 | But in fact , he or she may well be in a privileged position . |
| 5 | ‘ She may still be at lunch , ’ she said . |
| 6 | She was sold in Middlesex ( Southall area ) on Wed 21st August , and I believe she may still be in the Middx , Berks or Bucks area . |
| 7 | If a woman is to be taken seriously she must either be past the menopause or very plain , preferably both . |
| 8 | She felt every emotion in the book of love but she must not be in love with Damian Flint ; she must not , must not , must not … |
| 9 | You know that , ’ she replied , and discovered that Travis , more interested in his love-life than hers , wanted to talk about Rosemary and how much he missed seeing her and the fact that he had been so lonesome for her that he 'd phoned her flat several times yesterday evening and , receiving no reply , had realised she must still be at her parents ' home . |
| 10 | Dawn 's words re-echoed in her mind , in spite of the fact that Robert had derided them so vehemently , and she felt that she must always be on her guard . |
| 11 | She should also be at school , and Noreen threatened to send her back to Uncle Michael who would take her to school every day , if she did n't stop going on about coming to the theatre . |
| 12 | ‘ She should n't be in the office on Saturday . ’ |
| 13 | well she should n't be in there . |
| 14 | She should n't be in there . |
| 15 | She should n't be in there . |
| 16 | With her personality she should n't be behind the scenes . " |
| 17 | If there was a space she might even be on time . |
| 18 | She might even be like Miss Lavant . |
| 19 | ‘ Is this because of Doreen — because she 'll soon be with you ? ’ |
| 20 | Yeah probably I think she 'll always be like it though , cos her mum 's just the same , she 's just like her mum , you know her mum got in a strop every day because she could n't go round , down the |
| 21 | Given the prospect that that her father is actually the father of this child do you that she 'll still be at home ? |
| 22 | She 'll still be in Manchester . |
| 23 | She could not be to Pen as Minnie was to Miss Arabel since there was a mother in between but she had a great desire to see her former charge treat her as freely when he reached manhood . |
| 24 | Anne Diamond explained that she could not be at Torquay because of programme commitments and what she called ‘ another thing ’ , patting her midriff to show that she was heavily pregnant . |
| 25 | All she really wanted , if she could not be in his presence , was to be left alone so that she could recall and relive in her mind every moment of that morning 's encounter , and dream about what the future might hold for her . |
| 26 | ‘ Pity she could n't be with us , ’ said Mrs Harper , dangerously : but Shirley had n't the energy to fight back , she helped herself to a spoonful of sage and onion stuffing and sat down to begin her meal . |
| 27 | She 'd been thinking about becoming a nun but she could n't be with a baby . |
| 28 | She could n't be at all sure that giving in to such an impulse would have the desired effect . |
| 29 | Everyone had told her she could n't be in a better place , but they kept saying she must be patient a little while longer — and she did n't know how much longer she could bear it . |
| 30 | So if it was going to get rough she could n't be in safer hands . |