Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when they were sitting at the oval table in the dining-room , eating Mrs Purry 's admirable steak and kidney pudding and drinking a full-bodied Burgundy , Penelope found herself next to Rupert , who talked very pleasantly about Italy , remembering that Penelope was shortly to visit Rome with the parish party , and told her of things she ought to see and restaurants where she might eat . |
| 2 | She ought to insist that he go away . |
| 3 | But growing up and learning how she ought to feel and behave , what she ought to value , means that she has to give up doing just as she pleases . |
| 4 | She ought to expand but how ? |
| 5 | It is at this stage that parents begin to exercise authority over the child in terms of where and when he or she may defecate and urinate . |
| 6 | Since she was capable of loving so deeply , she can still , if she chooses , remain in the business of giving and receiving love for as long as she lives , for although she may feel that she is no longer everything to anyone , she can still mean a great deal to a number of people . |
| 7 | She may feel that she has failed her husband . |
| 8 | Alternatively , he or she may suggest that the inspection chamber is left in operation , fitted with an airtight cover bolted or screwed down so that it can be removed if necessary . |
| 9 | He or she may say that the existing inspection chamber should be closed up and a new one installed outside the extension . |
| 10 | ‘ Because Bertha is so good , ’ he said , ‘ she may come and walk in my palace gardens every Friday afternoon . ’ |
| 11 | He or she may argue that the task is impossible , because you are not skilled enough or because you have never tried to sell the subject to other than students before . |
| 12 | If such a spouse is not in occupation , he or she may enter and occupy the home with leave of the court . |
| 13 | She may understand that this habit is one that develops in many otherwise unselfish old people when their powers of concentration begin to weaken slightly , just as a child tosses an unwanted toy out of its pram , and that no hurt is intended . |
| 14 | She may know that she is not going to recover from the blow of widowhood any sooner than other women do , many of whom at least have a large legacy of happy memories upon which to draw in the years ahead of them . |
| 15 | She may know that her tears will relieve her tension more effectively than shouting back or pretending not to notice , or they may be tears of anger rather than the vulnerability so despised by her colleagues . |
| 16 | She may fear Aids for her son ; she may fear violence from her husband ; she may fear that her son will have to move out of the family home and fear her own loneliness . |
| 17 | I 've never thought of her in any other way and never will ; she may look like you , physically , but inside you 're as different as you can possibly be . |
| 18 | Now she may accept if the salary is not confirmed , a lower salary . |
| 19 | If she is lucky she may find that at least a few children appreciate that ( 4 ) makes for a better drama game than ( 3 ) , and that ( 1 ) is so bland that it does n't feel like a game at all ! |
| 20 | Through asking questions she may find that the really objectionable facets of camping can be avoided through proper equipment and procedure . |
| 21 | She may notice that the menstrual period is heavier than usual and there may be some deep dyspareunia and dysmenorrhoea . |
| 22 | So she may believe that her price is higher than she initially expected because of a relative demand shift in her favour , which she might just as well take advantage of by supplying more output . |
| 23 | She had reached the point in her argument where she must examine and explicate the emblems offered by the masters for the Coniunctio Solis et Lunae , the redemptive marriage-dance of sun and moon . |
| 24 | She must stay and try to play her part . |
| 25 | Well , she must do if she 's always in the Muckrakers . ’ |
| 26 | She must realise that the conservatives are in opposition . |
| 27 | The woman had promised the youngest child that she should go to the fair , but she must go when it suited her mother . |
| 28 | But elderly ladies make me feel uncomfortable and our small talk petered out ; I was glad when she said she must go and congratulate N'dosi and moved away . |
| 29 | She decided she must go and tell someone about what she had seen — but who ? |
| 30 | She must hide before Gloria found her . |