Example sentences of "she [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However she was honest enough to feel that , as she had begun the courting by sending him the valentine , she ought not to refuse him now . |
| 2 | She knew she ought not to agree , but she felt guilty about the accident , and surely a public meeting could n't hurt ? |
| 3 | She knew she ought not to mind his advances — they were only natural really , and in a way a compliment . |
| 4 | Kathleen was kind but she would not bring herself to visit and Dorothea knew she ought not to have asked . |
| 5 | Perhaps she ought not to have spoken so bluntly , even though he was asking for it . |
| 6 | In Wildfowl Hall who told her that really she ought not to have left her husband |
| 7 | She ought n't to learn it from the police or the television news . ’ |
| 8 | She ought n't to want him to wake properly , but she did . |
| 9 | Perhaps she ought simply to go home and bolt herself in her room for ever , like Rochester 's mad wife . |
| 10 | She ought never to have trusted him . |
| 11 | She ought therefore to slip on the fur boots … put a little hay in the bottom of the coach … |
| 12 | Not surprisingly , it has often been said that foreign learners of English need to learn English intonation ; some have gone further than this and claimed that , unless the foreign learner learns the appropriate way to use intonation in a given situation , there is a risk that he or she may unintentionally give offence ; for example , the learner might use an intonation suitable for expressing boredom or discontent when what was needed was an expression of gratitude or affection . |
| 13 | ‘ If she may n't have a dram , ’ James said , ‘ What might I tempt her with ? |
| 14 | She may not formulate these questions consciously , but her planning and teaching will reflect the influence of these considerations . |
| 15 | All such kinsmen are , from a girl 's point of view , either " brothers " or " cross-cousins " and she may not marry a " brother " . |
| 16 | Cease to neglect your wife and she may not neglect your home . |
| 17 | However , she may not cope with another supplemented runner , LINE OF THUNDER ( nap 3.10 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ And she may not want to talk about it . |
| 19 | There are some awkward questions she may not want to answer . ’ |
| 20 | She may not want you . |
| 21 | She may not want you Rocket . |
| 22 | ‘ She may not care , ’ Theda interrupted , coming forward eagerly , ‘ but I do , Mr Aycliffe . ’ |
| 23 | Give some thought , though , to the fact that she may not recover . |
| 24 | She may not come . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , though she may not recognise the name it goes by from any catalogue of thou-shalt-nots , our Riva knows an abomination when she sees one . |
| 26 | She hopes so too , or she 'd not have written that note though she may not realize it yet . |
| 27 | She may not have any speech , but she has no problems in making her feelings clear : she wails at the memory . |
| 28 | If he had told Mrs Wilson this and even if she had believed him , she may not have wished to help him . |
| 29 | At the moment it is theoretically possible for a qualified nurse with 20 years ' break in service to be put in charge of an acute ward , and to take responsibility for the management and allocation of staff , even though she may not have any recent or relevant experience . |
| 30 | But does it matter as when you think that she may not have made a will , because then everything will go to her er next of kin as one says , intestacy rules . |