Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julia put the desolation that suddenly thrust itself into her mind down to her cold and said that she thought she ought to go bed . |
| 2 | I bet she is n't , I bet when she ought to like Father Christmas and they sort of |
| 3 | I 've told Nenna time and again that she ought to get hold of some sort of reliable chap , an ex-Naval chippie would be the right sort , just to spend the odd day on board and put everything to rights . |
| 4 | Standing there , surveying the hall , so pleasant now ( though she knew that really she ought to get carpet foam and do over the carpet which after all had been folded up in the dust of the skip ) , she saw that Philip had mended the little cupboard under the stairs that the policeman had kicked in . |
| 5 | When Lady Macbeth welcomes Duncan , the fulsome insincerity of her verse is by now unmistakable to us : Yet , while feigning gratitude she is also expressing exactly the reasons why she ought to feel gratitude : The unusual and affected word ‘ hermits ’ points up her insincerity , while the content of the speech establishes the good they have received from Duncan . |
| 6 | ‘ She ought to have time for preparation before the police burst in on her . ’ |
| 7 | She ought to make elderberry wine , then she would n't spend so much on vodka . |
| 8 | She may experience a crisis of disbelief in her religious faith , or direct her anger towards the medical or nursing staff who cared for her husband , for failing to save his life ; or she may blame family or friends and have feelings of guilt and anger against herself for things that were done or not done during his lifetime . |
| 9 | Her scheme envisaged a palatial brothel for women only — a sanctuary ‘ to which any lady of rank and fortune may subscribe , and to which she may repair incog ; the married to commit what the world calls adultery , and the single to commit what at the tabernacle is called fornication , or in a gentler phrase , to obey the dictates of all-powerful Nature , by offering up a cheerful sacrifice to the God Priapus , the most ancient of deities . ’ |
| 10 | He explained that when a child becomes anxious he or she may stop learning . |
| 11 | The young actress whose steamy love scenes in a major new drama look set to shock television viewers says she may quit showbusiness if parts dry up . |
| 12 | In a family business ( such as a tea-room , cafe , small guest-house or hotel ) where those working for the business are simply the husband and wife , if the enterprise is run on a sole trader basis , the husband , as the proprietor , may claim that his wife works in the business as an employee and so she may make use of her married woman 's earned income allowance against any income she may earn . |
| 13 | When an individual moves to a region , she may add congestion costs to already crowded facilities . |
| 14 | She may need money to buy food for the family , or she may be trying to stop him leaving her and the children . |
| 15 | Arrangements will have to be made with a suitable removal firm if she is going to bring some of her furniture with her , and she may need help in finding the best dealers or auctioneers to take the items she wants to dispose of . |
| 16 | They 'll clean her up , get lots of fluids into her because the main danger is dehydration , and then she may need skin grafts to repair some of the areas . |
| 17 | Since the QT Meeting on the 7th has indicated that she is feeling a little better and for the time being is willing to continue as the Teachers ' Representative , however , it is possible that in the future she may require assistance to carry out her duties . |
| 18 | However , the fact that the child has language difficulties is probably a good indication that exposure to the kinds of language which enable most children to learn will not be sufficient to enable this child to make progress ; she may require adult input which is specially tailored to help compensate for particular areas of weakness . |
| 19 | Sit her on a stranger 's knee and she may seem content , but compare her rigid posture with how relaxed she is on a parent 's knee . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She may have misheard the word as dictated , but it 's much more likely that as she started writing the first syllable , she almost automatically shifted the word across to one she knows ( and can spell ! coffee causes problems , usually ) . |
| 22 | Unless she sees a local advertisement , she will have little knowledge of job opportunity and if she has moved into the district from elsewhere , she may have difficulty in assessing the employment prospects . |
| 23 | But they are not random errors : they grow out of her particular approach to spelling , and suggest that she may have trouble in the future because of a weak visual memory and her attempts to compensate for this are reckless and haphazard . |
| 24 | She may lack motivation to increase knowledge and improve skills , and appear uninterested . |
| 25 | I only hope she may find happiness with Saul Quatt . ’ |
| 26 | He or she may recommend chiropody , or visits from a district nurse ; or physiotherapy may be required to help regain mobility after an operation . |
| 27 | And this Mr was so taken aback , by me going in and asking for a job , and they 'd always advertised in the paper before , that he said , Well , she must want work if she 's gone after it . |
| 28 | Making a sound in his throat , he turned his head away , then said , ‘ Funny thing , but neither am I ; yet I 've had to get used to it ; ’ and on this he went out , leaving Millie looking at the big fat woman and feeling she must make conversation : ‘ It 's a beautiful morning , ’ she said . |
| 29 | Nothing of the kind — thirtyish , I s'pose she must 've bin then . ’ |
| 30 | If she was not to break down completely , and in front of Hester , she must say goodbye to Willie , and go . |