Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They thought she may have been sleep walking . |
| 2 | What she must do was concentrate on getting her memory back so that she could get home to them as soon as humanly possible . |
| 3 | Badgers have got a name for being vicious creatures , but Teka has taken to people so well Maggie thinks she must have been hand reared from birth . |
| 4 | She might have been Eve , as Milton has pictured her , sitting upon the green bank , looking into the pool . |
| 5 | See if I said to my mum and dad I 'm stopping at Hannah 's tonight she 'll say is Emma stopping with her and I 'll say yes . |
| 6 | Without any warning the great wave came crashing , obliterating everything ; she knew she was crying out , shouting words of furious magic ; but all she could feel was Fand 's hand in hers . |
| 7 | Being with Dane had changed her — eventually she 'd be the richer for that , even if right now all she could feel was anguish . |
| 8 | Instead all she could feel was pain . |
| 9 | She reported a general response as good as on the Arsenicum , went on holiday and had to come home from it because her period was again heavy and all she could do was lie down ! |
| 10 | All she could do was hope that Lisa 's sharp mind would fail to make the connection . |
| 11 | It was impossible to see where they 'd landed , so all she could do was hope . |
| 12 | All she could do was stare glumly at the sign hanging inside the door — CONFISERIE VASSOIR : Ouvert 9.30–18.30 Mardi à Samedi — then glance at her watch , which confirmed she was fifteen minutes too late . |
| 13 | For a long moment all she could do was stare back at him , his dark fathomless eyes holding her in thrall . |
| 14 | All she could do was stumble from the room and get out of their sight as quickly as possible . |
| 15 | All she could do was raise her voice higher , the train was coming in now , and she screamed at the child , screamed at him Come on , Johnny , fucking come on . |
| 16 | Jenna had never heard her own name said with so much accusation and all she could do was nod her head , words sticking in her throat at the blast of displeasure in the dark voice . |
| 17 | All she could do was hide . |
| 18 | All she could do was crouch in a corner and sob . |
| 19 | All she could do was stand there , a passive witness . |
| 20 | Despite that reassurance , all she could do was toss and turn all night and run over in her head the insulting things Marc Alexander Vila had said to her . |
| 21 | All she could do was twine her arms round him and try to anchor him by her weight against the still-shuddering rubble , so that at least their backs were protected . |
| 22 | All she could do was sit on the side of the pool with one leg in the water . ’ |
| 23 | Stunned by the images of her own mind , all she could do was clench and unclench her fists , praying the numbing effect she had encouraged would disappear as quickly as Rune had implied . |
| 24 | There was some shuffling and the sound of people speaking , as if a small crowd was gathering , but all she could do was place her head against his shirt front and sob . |
| 25 | But all she could do was hang there from the side of the speeding train , unable to move , knowing her strength would eventually fade . |
| 26 | If she could have been part of a warm , loving family , it was what she would have liked most of all . |
| 27 | She tried joining her mind to the millions of people everywhere glued to screens for this all important match but all she could see was Colm 's pudgy little legs swinging backwards and forwards and the grim look on his face as she washed away the crusted blood . |
| 28 | She looked down it : all she could see was blackness . |
| 29 | All she could see was Andrew , and all she could feel was her longing for him . |
| 30 | All she could see was Felipe 's face , his dark eyes , the laughter that had been so ready this morning . |