Example sentences of "she [vb mod] have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Assuming Melanie 's aunt did move from Cherry Cottage , she may have left a forwarding address with the new owners . ’ |
| 2 | She may have cried a good deal without understanding why . |
| 3 | She may have put a brave face on it . |
| 4 | She must have made a huge error in giving change somewhere along the line and she felt defeated . |
| 5 | We fill grocery cartons with shoes that have the shape of living feet , a bulge on the left where she must have had a swollen joint ; I did not notice it while she was alive . |
| 6 | ‘ No idea — but I gather she must have had a wonky heart . ’ |
| 7 | " She must have had a fanciful imagination , or been delirious . |
| 8 | Whoever his dearest Nina was , she must have had a hard time of it ! |
| 9 | She should have accepted a comfortable change for the better . |
| 10 | I said she might 've sent a full packet give one to Barry , one to Rhys and one to Cerys but there was only two |
| 11 | He was about to return the compliment by suggesting that she might have lost a little weight when she leaned across and helped herself to another jam tart . |
| 12 | If he turned and looked at her , she might have to give a straight reply , but to his narrow back , which could have been the back of a much younger man , she began to tease , in the way that she had learned so many of her new friends liked , when they made similar inquiries too , like the painter who 'd lain on her bed and asked her earnestly if she 'd ever experienced simultaneous orgasm , or the musician who 'd volunteered he 'd show her a ‘ perversion ’ he was sure nobody would have demonstrated to her before , and began nuzzling between her legs . |
| 13 | She might have to wait a wee while but I think she 'll get on , yes . |
| 14 | Walking into a parliament of psychologists , like the governing Council of the British Psychological Society ( BPS ) , she might have had a similar reaction . |
| 15 | She might have had a brief illness best treated outside the home , or it is possible that the balance of her mind was disturbed in some way . |
| 16 | And if Mrs Thatcher , 67 , should make a comeback as British premier , she 'll have to bridge a 21-year age gap to forge a special relationship with Bill . |
| 17 | If only she could have waved a magic wand to turn the fat girl into a raving beauty . |
| 18 | She could have married a fine young fella , he thought bitterly , with a grand house and a slice of West Meath to go with it , but Frank saw him off . |
| 19 | She 'd have liked a nice cup of milky tea . |
| 20 | She 'd have to charter a small plane . |
| 21 | She 'd have to have a debriefing session with Edwin when they 'd gone . |
| 22 | ‘ If 'e 'd been any bigger , she 'd have had a bad time . ’ |
| 23 | It was because she knew that before the month was out she would have said a permanent goodbye to him that she was greedy to spend as much time with him as she could now . |
| 24 | ‘ I am capable of cooking for myself , ’ he assured her stiffly , and she knew she would have to do a little begging to keep him from another burst of anger . |
| 25 | She would have made a good wife for a T'ang , let alone a man like Sung . |
| 26 | Coffin thought she would have made a marvellous soldier . |
| 27 | She would have preferred a romantic candlelit dinner for two , but even more , she wanted Josh to see David as one of life 's pluses and not as an interloper . |
| 28 | Not that she would have allowed a little thing like lack of transport to get in her way — in her current mood she would have hired a private helicopter if necessary to get her to her destination . |
| 29 | Not that she would have allowed a little thing like lack of transport to get in her way — in her current mood she would have hired a private helicopter if necessary to get her to her destination . |
| 30 | She would have to have a stern talk with Debbie about including extraneous information instead of plain hard fact . |