Example sentences of "she [modal v] have [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The departure of a ‘ special ’ child may be particularly problematic because he or she may have invoked part of the parents ' own history , or because the child performed a vital role in the family such as ‘ go-between ’ or communicator .
2 Katherine Colgrave 's lawyers claim she only discovered in 1984 that she may have escaped disability if she 'd been correctly diagnosed and treated soon after birth .
3 Police fear she may have committed suicide .
4 To a large extent of course the Queen was able to make up for the loss by grants of double , triple , and even quadruple subsidies , but in doing so she may have encouraged resistance .
5 She does n't , of course , mention it , but as a researcher living among the Masai she must have become part of the total social fact herself .
6 She must have lost consciousness .
7 Staring at her reflection , she realised she must have lost weight .
8 God , she must have taken leave of her senses .
9 By the time they reached the railway station , Dot realized she must have had time to get herself straight inside , for she seemed almost cheery again .
10 She must have got clearance at Gravesend and sailed up on the ebb .
11 She must have tried grazing
12 She should have felt relief — was n't this what she 'd been longing to hear ?
13 She felt cheated , when she should have felt despair .
14 First reaction from royal observers was amazement that she should have gone public at this stage .
15 Her mum and dad said maybe she should have done gym , but her grandmother shook her head .
16 It never ceased to amaze her that she should have given birth to such tall children .
17 She should have stayed with Fernando , she should have had faith in her own feelings at the time — and his .
18 Brian Barker , QC , prosecuting , said : ‘ She should have left hospital alive , well and recovered . ’
19 Had she turned round quicker , she might have seen Kellerman advancing upon her .
20 She might have saved fitzAlan 's life — only to use him .
21 She 's a miss really but she just she said to me she was miss , but she might have said ms , you know ?
22 Just when his ship was coming in she might have set fire to it .
23 At one time she might have considered Vitor to be a dyed-in-the-wool monster , but she was gradually reassessing her opinion .
24 THE JULIE WARD inquest ended yesterday with counsel for the Kenyan state still maintaining she might have committed suicide or been killed by animals .
25 It sickened her that she could have made love with Tom and be able to remember nothing of it .
26 And as she worked beside Silas one question hammered to demand an answer — the question of how she could have lost control of her own emotions when she 'd known that all he needed was time to sort out his own feelings for Doreen .
27 Except , of course , she could never — ever — tell them what that folly had led to — even if , looking back , she could now honestly say that she had done nothing to provoke it , that she could have expected anger from Havvie at her changing her mind , but never that he would do as he did .
28 With nine she felt she could not tell whether or not she could have provided support at home because it was impossible to assess their home care potential while they were in an institution .
29 She could have spent quality time with her children .
30 She could have had fun out there with Kelly , even though neither of them had ever been on skis before .
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