Example sentences of "she [modal v] have [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the way she put it , she ought to have been alive today , she could have taught them how to tell people about sex . |
| 2 | She may have been one of the Bristol Seekers from whom many Quakers at this time were recruited . |
| 3 | she may have been unconmscious before she went into the water . |
| 4 | Inwardly she may have been nervous , outwardly she appeared calm , relaxed and ready to have fun . |
| 5 | She may have been three years older than he was , pushing forty and not quite as pert as the sort of girl he favoured at this precise moment , but one day Jack would grow up , look for a real woman to take care of him , and there she 'd be , waiting and ready . |
| 6 | She may have been happier , |
| 7 | By allowing Tepilit to engage in the formalities of gift exchange , she may have been able to observe at close quarters how it worked , but she was also entering into the drama . |
| 8 | She must have been successful , she crowed to herself as he tossed his drink down quickly . |
| 9 | It was not until she saw the colour of the light — deep warm gold — that she realised how long she must have been asleep and looked at her watch . |
| 10 | She must have been asleep for some hours when the sound of her opening bedroom door penetrated her dreams and brought her instantly awake . |
| 11 | She had hinted darkly that Wilson herself must be to blame , that she must have been weak , must not have written plain enough and as she had been instructed . |
| 12 | The set ends at just the point where she was becoming a fashionable figure and , eventually , a popular one on a wider scale ; by the end of the Forties , she must have been one of the most admired singers of her day . |
| 13 | He was sure that , even though he and Ari got along well , she must have been disappointed when Leila chose him for the job . |
| 14 | And Joan said she must have been depressed . |
| 15 | She must have been sixteen or seventeen summers old , tall and slender , and her eyes were as blue as a clear summer sky . |
| 16 | She did not look like a predatory widow and she was no superannuated dolly-bird either ; she must have been fifty , she was on the plump side , clear skinned , with a frank , open face . |
| 17 | I was expecting that at any minute Mum would shout down to find out what was going on but she must have been preoccupied , trying on her new frock . |
| 18 | And he waited , and then he heard one word come back , spoken in a whisper , she must have been close to sleep . |
| 19 | Once , she supposed , she must have been impressed by formal evening wear on good male bodies , but now it annoyed her . |
| 20 | She must have been mad ! ! ! |
| 21 | She must have been mad to consider the possibility , especially after the emotional battering she had received from Giles . |
| 22 | She must have been mad to try to appeal to his better nature . |
| 23 | She must have been mad to let him bring her here , even madder to have stayed . |
| 24 | She had written to say she was sorry , she must have been mad , of course she was coming back . |
| 25 | She must have been mad to come like this . |
| 26 | She must have been mad . |
| 27 | She must have been mad , totally and ridiculously mad , she thought , to have let her sister talk her into making this trip , alone . |
| 28 | She must have been worried . |
| 29 | She was aware , she must have been aware , she says , of the deep affection her father bore her , but alas she took it for granted . |
| 30 | She must have been full . |