Example sentences of "she [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She may shock , or upset ; but to women she represents a power with which they want to be in touch , as their birthright , one that operates naturally in the medium of night , when all the duties of day are left behind . |
| 2 | It may not be necessary to back up your words with actions — he or she may leave you alone after that . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Is it possible she may inform them … |
| 5 | Give her another cup , she may change her mind about going in space Neil , you may get the odd flying saucer , but when has anyone seen a cup of 99 tea ? |
| 6 | You had no way of knowing what it would be like and she may change one day . " |
| 7 | She may change quite a lot , on the surface anyway . |
| 8 | If your timing is right , Positive ideas of this kind may well give her hope and encouragement , but they should not be introduced too early in the grieving process , or she may regard them almost as an insult to the depth of her sorrow at a time when she is not yet ready to look to the future . |
| 9 | He or she may choose to travel with friends , but the true traveller sets out to make an independent , unhurried journey to the unknown , without supervision , avoiding tourist shrines and travelling where few foreign feet tread . |
| 10 | He or she may choose to speculate on movements in the basis . |
| 11 | He or she may choose to accept the load of small and troublesome issues and there may be no one else to take over certain tasks . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She may start to release her emotions fully during or after the service , or she may go through all the ritual connected with it in a daze , but sooner or later it can be expected that the flood-gates of her grief will open and she will then begin to work her way through the multiplicity of problems that lie ahead of her . |
| 14 | She may start her turn in those holes , which will strengthen her position . |
| 15 | When a woman has her period , she may feel unwell , suffer with pre-menstrual tension , period pains , backache and other symptoms . |
| 16 | She may feel , like the Countess of Winchilsea , that her gifts are not valued : ’ … the dull mannage , of a servile house / Is held by some , our outmost art , and use . |
| 17 | So she may feel |
| 18 | She may feel far better leaving the bureau with details of a local self-help group for single parents and information about local child-care facilities . |
| 19 | She may feel more in control if she takes her bill herself to the Department of Social Security , having been guided by the adviser that she should ask them about the ‘ fuel direct ’ scheme that will debit her benefits automatically and prevent disconnection . |
| 20 | When she has , through the process of grieving , faced the reality of her loss , you will need to be very patient with her through the period of depression that will follow , in which she may feel slowed up and extremely lethargic because , for a while , life will appear to her to have no further meaning or purpose . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | You will also need to realise that she will be particularly sensitive and watchful at this point for any signs of rejection by her in-laws , whose home she may feel she is ‘ invading ’ . |
| 23 | If she fiddles with her buttons while she 's talking , then she may feel threatened . |
| 24 | But an even greater cause for resentment is that she may feel guilty about meeting her friends or pursuing her usual weekday activities unless her partner is also busy . |
| 25 | A woman 's attitudes to the housewife role may be positive — she may feel herself to be a housewife , and agree with the idea that housewifery is an appropriate role for women , but she may at the same time dislike doing housework . |
| 26 | She may feel that she has failed her husband . |
| 27 | ( She may feel no such constraint because spending all the grant does not increase taxes in the locality . ) |
| 28 | What she may endure now is , however , nothing to what she will lace very soon . |
| 29 | The doctor is often the gate to all the other members of the health care team , although he or she may involve them only when problems have arisen . |
| 30 | She may welcome your help with some of the business matters she has to deal with , too . |