Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [adv] have [be] " in BNC.

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1 But although she may not have been popular at work she was not evil .
2 Four months later her killer is still at large and detectives are looking at the possibility that she may not have been his first victim
3 She may well have been right about this .
4 She may well have been right .
5 So in reality had Mrs tried what has been suggested she may well have been struck .
6 She swung round to him , grinding out in a low voice , ‘ She must n't have been any beginner , not goin , by the uncles the child 's had .
7 Mary of Guise 's name nowhere appears , but she must surely have been involved .
8 She must also have been quite a handful judging by Coward 's ironic telegram to a Broadway manager requesting 58 per cent of the gross for the task of restraining her from being ‘ Grock , Beatrice Lillie , Theda Bara , Mary Pickford and Bert Lahr all at once . ’
9 However , she must also have been thinking of Annabelle ( bride 's name ) when she added , ‘ She was of course only too good for him : but as nobody minds what is too good for them , he was very steadily earnest in pursuit of the blessing . ’
10 I could see , again , how striking she must once have been , when her primly drawn-back grey hair had presumably matched her eyes , ‘ with all that 's fair of black and bright ’ .
11 Her voice faded as her body weakened and drooped , so that she seemed no more than the shadow of the eagle she must once have been , and a shadow that was losing itself in the darkness of a cage .
12 Morse had never seen Mrs Marion Kemp , but from the marriage photograph that hung in the living room he realised that she must once have been quite a vivacious woman : dark , curly hair ; slim , firm figure ; and curiously impudent , puckish eyes .
13 Only later did I appreciate what sacrifices my mother made to give it to us , and how lonely she must often have been when we were all away at school ; after our father 's death she became almost possessively devoted to us .
14 Perhaps she should not have been so aggressive .
15 ‘ Make of it what you want , Clerk , she should not have been sent to Godstowe ! ’
16 Leith exclaimed , though she realised she should not have been so surprised .
17 Experts to be called by Mrs Busuttil have studied traces of the foetal heartbeat and claim she should not have been allowed home .
18 Mr Burke said it was Mrs Busuttil 's case that she should not have been given such high doses of the drug to induce labour .
19 ‘ After talking recently to the IAAF ( International Amateur Athletic Federation ) and other officials and hearing of the World Health Organisation report , in my opinion she should not have been penalised , ’ Hermens said .
20 She should n't have been there , his wife , ’ Rab said .
21 That said , she should n't have been sold the tank in the first place .
22 It was an important fight , and she should n't have been conce with petty pickings like the hymn-singers .
23 She should n't have been — should have been glad to be rid of her .
24 You 're not saying she should n't have been allowed to do that , she should have gone to John
25 Well I do n't suppose Suzannah was doing anything she should n't have been .
26 yeah but if she 'd of had the accident they could of said no , she 's got a C D ten on her driving licence , she should n't have been driving it !
27 She should still have been able to get a seat , but she should not have a carriage practically to herself .
28 Rough Collie Rescue ( London and South East ) started an appeal , with £200 of their own money , named the ‘ Robbie Fund ’ to help Grace McNeil afford the court costs she should never have been liable for in the first place .
29 She might not have been as glamorous as the great vessels loaded with equally glamorous cargo , but she was just as important in her own way .
30 She might not have been able to put into words the high hopes she held for her daughter but her actions spoke volumes .
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