Example sentences of "she [modal v] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Thus , for centuries it used to be thought that even if a woman expressed her lack of consent in every way within her power , if she conceived as a result of the intercourse , she must in fact have consented . |
| 3 | If she should by chance ever read these words , I think she would confirm not merely that this was how he spoke but that I have not misrepresented her reactions . |
| 4 | Belinda had worked very hard indeed for nearly twelve years since her mother 's death , becoming almost a mother herself to the twin boys and doing as much of the cooking and housekeeping as she could between school and homework . |
| 5 | She could of course , she thought with that sudden burst of adolescent enthusiasm , not live . |
| 6 | She also had the run of the library and she could of course go out , as long , he warned her with a sardonic look , as she did n't wander off with strange men . |
| 7 | She could about stagger to the off-licence and obliterate the rest of the evening . |
| 8 | She 'd spent the rest of the afternoon trying to find out all she could about leukaemia , and the funny disease Dr Kent thought Bobbie Cole had . |
| 9 | She also wanted her own business , and during her years in the trade prepared herself for this by learning as much as she could about bookshop buying , repping and wholesaling , financial administration , rights and coeditions , export sales , publicity , and paid-for promotion . |
| 10 | With an exclamation of disgust , she pushed herself to her knees and flung the offending branch as far as she could in temper at her own stupidity . |
| 11 | She panicked for a moment , and then seeing the beam on his face , smiled as calmly as she could in response . |
| 12 | She used to stagger , and if you did n't watch out she 'd come down on you and crush you while you were a-shoeing her . |
| 13 | That , that 's her main , she used to sort of look after things and baby-sit for us in the evenings . |
| 14 | Well , she used to sort of keep shop for him , she was deaf as a post ! |
| 15 | She used to mind you in them days you there was no er fitted carpets on your floor . |
| 16 | She felt certain then that whether Naylor called her back to the new extension to tell her to deny that she was engaged to him or not , she would without fail , before five o'clock that day , be summoned to account for Travis 's unexpected easy acceptance of her getting engaged to someone else . |
| 17 | She further declared that any charges of heresy against Pole would be heard in England , announcing in words ironically reminiscent of her father 's that : ‘ she would in observance of the laws and privileges of her realm , refer them [ the charges ] to the cognisance and decision of her own ecclesiastical courts . ’ |
| 18 | There were wall-sized French windows through which she would in daylight have been able to see the back garden . |
| 19 | I should note here that there is a dispute between the parties , as to whether she would in fact obtain the grades necessary to take up that post . |
| 20 | Whether she would in fact have opened the door and tried to jump out of a moving vehicle proved to be an academic question . |
| 21 | She would in fact be taking over from a male contracts officer who would be leaving the company in four months ' time . |
| 22 | And Paula , if she will to second the resolution . |
| 23 | She wonders if she will in fact see her son , since a tender has come off the track down the line . |
| 24 | Although she will in fact serve her last few shifts at the new community hospital at Treloar 's , it was her wish to hold her retirement party at Alton General Hospital before it closed . |
| 25 | Lucy has kindly offered to assist a new person in any way that she can with advice and help . |
| 26 | The tax saving to the employee means that he or she can in theory receive a maintained net-of-tax income , while gross salary is reduced . |