Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She ought to have hated the child she was carrying , it being the cause of her return to squalor after the effort she had made to rise above it , but since she 'd felt it move she could n't reject it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He or she may fail to take the idea to another for fear of ridicule . |
| 4 | She may come to see the patient every day , usually excluding weekends . |
| 5 | Mrs Gunner 's ex-husband was preparing to fly to Faro last night clinging to hopes that she may have missed the flight . |
| 6 | In a clipped French sentence that sounded as if it had been well rehearsed , she told Agathe that she may have lost the produce of her labour but she had not lost the fruit of her labours . |
| 7 | She may have read the remarks made yesterday by the Association of British Chambers of Commerce , which made its position perfectly clear on the agreement at Maastricht . |
| 8 | She may have got the idea from them . |
| 9 | This suggestion wo n't help Mrs Mitchell with her hedgehog of course and I 'm sorry about that , but she may have helped the rest of us to avoid the problem . |
| 10 | ‘ Then she may have taken the poison for one of the spices . |
| 11 | She may have used the window as a convenient piece of misdirection , or she may have opened it to let Latimer in . |
| 12 | The girl herself will probably be thoroughly frightened , however she may try to hide the fact . |
| 13 | If the trader is concerned about the effects of marking to the market on a spread ( intracommodity or intercommodity ) , he or she may consider tailing the spread . |
| 14 | She must need to feed the bairn . |
| 15 | Eva has never been one to indulge in self pity but she must have missed the warmth of the Australian sun , and the family back home . |
| 16 | When Mrs Handy went to the sink she must have touched the machine and up to two hundred and forty volts passed through her body . |
| 17 | As I went one way she must have gone the other . |
| 18 | She was sitting with her back to him , and did not turn round even though she must have heard the sound of horse 's hooves on the hard pebbled path behind her . |
| 19 | Merseyside Coroner Roy Barter told the Liverpool hearing that she must have inhaled the bacteria as it floated through the air as vapour from a contaminated hot water outlet . |
| 20 | Afterwards , she knew she must have imagined the words and the kiss . |
| 21 | But she must have meant the monkey , for another mother said : |
| 22 | Once I 'd discounted the story you gave me about Lori 's reasons for being there , I realised the note could only have come from her , and therefore she must have taken the jade . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We were discussing it , my wife and I. She must have taken the things that morning before she set out . |
| 24 | She must have taken the letter straight to a photocopy shop after collecting it from the skip and then posted the copy to Zen before returning to the house , calculating that if the copy came to light each of the Milettis would equally be under suspicion . |
| 25 | She must have put the idea into his head herself : pinned it onto the back of his mind , like one of her flaming hairpieces . |
| 26 | Ianthe remembered that Miss Grimes had been to Spain for her holiday one year , but she supposed that she must have bought the wine specially when Ianthe had said she was coming to see her . |
| 27 | Whilst , prima facie , the wife could sue the husband on this implied covenant if the leasehold covenants have not been complied with , it is likely ( in view of the fact that she must have known the state and condition of the property ) that the husband could have the assignment rectified to exclude this covenant ; far better therefore , if applicable , to exclude this part of the beneficial owner covenant ab initio . |
| 28 | She must have got the balance wrong and it 's stuck . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're not to worry about a thing , Rachaela , ’ she must have found the name out from a nurse . |
| 30 | She should have realised the truth when she had met her mother and seen her wretched home . |