Example sentences of "she [modal v] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She may well have a thing or two to teach the Goldsmiths ' graduates about handling the demands of the art world and media . |
| 2 | Of course she might be pleased with that outcome , but she may also have a new feeling of helplessness , in that she has failed to manage her own problems . |
| 3 | The more she thought about it , the more clearly she saw that she must somehow get a warning to Tristram . |
| 4 | But she really must send Charlie her new address and tell him how peculiar it all was ; about the strange customs , still revered because Nelson had established them ; about rooms which were now cabins , walls which had become bulkheads and a kitchen she must now call a galley . |
| 5 | She should also have a 30-minute swim . |
| 6 | Technically she might also refuse a request for a dissolution , although it is hard to imagine her ever doing so . |
| 7 | Looked as though she might well make a good Vicar 's wife . ’ |
| 8 | Why , it was almost indecent — she might even have a kid . |
| 9 | With a bit of luck she might even get a place on a flight that very day . |
| 10 | This group concluded that Mrs Thatcher 's continued participation in the contest could only prove disastrous for the party : she might either scrape a narrow victory and limp on , having lost the confidence of the party , or lose and allow Heseltine to become Prime Minister . |
| 11 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
| 12 | Bloomsbury House , asked to contribute £35 towards books , told her she was too late that term ( it was November ) and that she might possibly get a small emergency grant for the summer term ( six months ahead ) if she still needed it . |
| 13 | And she added , ‘ She 'll soon have a collection , what with the Seven Dwarfs and Jack the Giant Killer . ’ |
| 14 | If someone is shielding her then she 'll probably have a bed for the night . ’ |
| 15 | She 'll also make a grab for any toy that takes her fancy , even if she 's told it belongs to another child . |
| 16 | Mrs and now she 'll just have a burn out . |
| 17 | She 'll just become a laughing stock if she 's not that already . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Jake 'd have wanted me to see her right ; but she 'll never take a penny piece off me … ’ |
| 19 | Well she 'll never get a size four on , my boots . |
| 20 | ‘ She 'll never have a fat arse , ’ said Belinda . |
| 21 | If Gran wakes , she 'll only want a glass of water . ’ |
| 22 | she 'll only get a taxi , if er , she thinks it not viable , but er , it , it to me , it just seems not buggering about , but |
| 23 | Plus , of course , you might have time to get over to her and hit her , knock her out before she could even gather a decent breath , but it 's dangerous , edge-working stuff and you 'd rather not have to think about that . |
| 24 | She could even see a thrush pecking out a scarlet yew berry , swallowing the scarlet flesh and spitting out the poisonous pip . |
| 25 | She could even put a name to his American fiancée . |
| 26 | Her head was beginning to throb from the smoky , claustrophobic atmosphere , and she wondered how she could tactfully drop a few hints about leaving without inviting a tirade of displeasure from André , which was the last thing she felt she could cope with . |
| 27 | In this way she developed her instinctive talent as a fashion editor ; she could instantly take a detail from this and an idea from that , while keeping well within her overall style . |
| 28 | Theda was so appalled that she could barely repress a shudder , never mind summon up a smile . |
| 29 | So strange , she sometimes thought , to have all this engineering knowledge in three languages and still be so unable to apply a single word of it that she could scarcely change a plug without helpful diagrams . |
| 30 | It was pitch black ; she could scarcely see a hand in front of her . |