Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps she ought to take a break . |
| 2 | She knew she ought to get a piece about him in a national newspaper . |
| 3 | The child is delicate , she ought to have a change of air . ’ |
| 4 | If her husband had let her down , as was apparently the case , she ought to have a male relation of some kind , to see to things . |
| 5 | She ought to have a doctor . ’ |
| 6 | She ought to have an iron on er , the backstage . |
| 7 | She may serve a cause greater than herself . |
| 8 | Unlike Mr Kinnock , her confederate in unpopularity , she may face a challenge . |
| 9 | But when working with others she may appear a little inflexible . |
| 10 | But Jane 's angry husband George said last night : ‘ She may give a laid back impression but she is remarkably alert . |
| 11 | When a young child plays ‘ What time is it , Mr. Wolf ? ’ , she may experience a moment of panic when the ‘ Wolf ’ shouts , ‘ Dinner time ! ’ and chases her . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | When the last child leaves and she no longer has any daily parenting responsibilities , she may experience a crisis over the loss of status as mother , particularly if she has no other clearly defined role . |
| 14 | If your symptoms are severe , he or she may prescribe a course of antibiotics which are designed to kill the bacteria . |
| 15 | But after seeing that motor cyclist , she may need a protector . |
| 16 | Her father has to sleep in the same room since he has to attend to her during the night when she may need a bed pan up to four times . |
| 17 | You will not necessarily see your physiotherapist doing exactly the treatment techniques described below : she may use some of these techniques plus others she has devised herself , or she may use a completely different method . |
| 18 | She need not rely for her sense of identity upon outward appearance ; she may in fact look beautiful , she may look a mess ; it does not matter greatly at that particular time . |
| 19 | She may look a ruin topside , but beJaisus , the engine-room … |
| 20 | She may have a house to sell , or a tenancy to terminate , and she should be made aware of your willingness to help her with this , if she wishes , and with everything else connected with the move . |
| 21 | Alternatively , he or she may have a self-imposed rule not to drink before a certain time of day or on particular days , weeks or months or even years . |
| 22 | ‘ First Lady Francesca may be beautiful , she may have a sharp wit , but not the power to collect and convey secret information to some spy-master in Paris . |
| 23 | ( 6 ) She may own a Porsche . |
| 24 | Without to , it can evoke either a coincident actualization ( She does own a Porsche ) or a coincident potentiality ( She may own a Porsche ) . |
| 25 | Consequently , for She may own a Porsche , the following diagram can be proposed : The relation is the same for She may leave tomorrow except that the actualization of the infinitive 's event would be future ( if it is realized at all ) : The role of the modal auxiliaries is thus to specify the kind of potentiality which the potential event expressed by the infinitive has — possibility , probability , necessity , etc. — and the type of coincidence involved here is that between an event conceived as a potentiality and the form of potentiality which it is conceived as having , i.e. between two potentialities . |
| 26 | But Mary feels it is too small for the lower wind speeds , so she may introduce an overlapping furler for the 10 to 18 knot band . |
| 27 | Where a member of staff was previously satisfied with work practice in a section , he or she may become a discontented or frustrated worker , because expectations were increased , together with knowledge and skill , only to be stifled by lack of interest on return to work . |
| 28 | He says he is very proud of his wife 's achievement , but is a bit worried she may become a better rider than him and he will end up being relegated to the pillion seat in future . |
| 29 | But if she wants to put right a mistake , she may keep a promise like that . ’ |
| 30 | There are also rumours that she may take a role in a film directed by David Lynch 's daughter Jennifer , which promises to make Blue Velvet look positively staid . |