Example sentences of "she [modal v] [adv] [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She should n't have to be bothered . |
| 2 | She should now aim to be 1 lb ( 0.5 kg ) below her starting weight on most days ; she should reduce sugar on cereal to just one teaspoon ; she should use less meat when making up meat meals like stews , using more vegetables instead ( this is as well , of course , as maintaining the goal for fat reduction from Week 1 ) ; she should have salted meat or salted fish only three times a week in total ( you will remember that salt goals last for two weeks each ) ; she should have one or two pieces of fresh fruit each day ( this is as well as the goal for Week 1 , having pulses with one meal each day ) ; she should have a brisk twenty-minute walk each day . |
| 3 | What we had n't bargained for was that she might not want to be the next Franz Klammer . |
| 4 | He silenced her with more kisses as he tried to remind himself that this young girl was not only innocent but trusted herself to his care ; that her father trusted him , and however uninhibited she might now appear to be , he must not abuse that faith . |
| 5 | She 's not painted for so long that she 'll just have to be encouraged more and more . |
| 6 | The remark was tinged with the suggestion that she would like a witness , apart from Marshall whom she could reasonably assume to be biased in Wickham 's favour . |
| 7 | She could hear the beating of his heart and she closed her eyes , thankful for his presence for she could not bear to be alone , not now , not yet . |
| 8 | Mademoiselle do believe me , begged Mary-Lou in despair , for she could not bear to be scolded like that . |
| 9 | He had been cunning , arriving so early that she could not pretend to be rushing to work . |
| 10 | But she was not the same as them , she could not pretend to be . |
| 11 | Sara did not care to be beholden to Matthew Preston for even one pupil , but she knew at this moment she could not afford to be choosey . |
| 12 | He backed away from her in mock fear , but he was still laughing at her and though she meant every word , she could n't continue to be angry with him . |
| 13 | Marion whispered and turned away because she could n't bear to be there when something died , when all the love that she had bottled up inside herself evaporated like liquid left out in the sun . |
| 14 | That meant she could n't bear to be touched . |
| 15 | Lydia thought moodily that she could n't hope to be as boring as Dr Wyn if she tried all night . |
| 16 | She could n't pretend to be sophisticated and flippant and terribly cool any more . |
| 17 | She could n't wait to be back under the lights again with all eyes on her . |
| 18 | ‘ Last time she could n't wait to be rid of us . |
| 19 | She would n't rush back — that might imply she could n't wait to be with him again — but on the other hand she did n't want to leave it too long ; there were plenty of women , Melissa included , she had noticed , who had had their limpet-like eyes firmly glued to his face . |
| 20 | But , as he drew the car up outside her hotel and turned to look at her , Fabia knew that she could n't afford to be infuriated . |
| 21 | But she could n't afford to be angry — or to offend him again , she realised , and took a deep and calming breath . |
| 22 | Or perhaps she thought she could always pretend to be a relative and come and claim me from the hospital . |
| 23 | There she found herself ensconced in a huge grey suede and chrome armchair , clutching a hefty measure of Scotch , and staring blankly around at what she could only assume to be the ‘ minimalist ’ style of interior decoration . |
| 24 | So she gazed and her finger traced the outlines of nymphs — thinner , higher cheek-boned than she could ever hope to be , garlanded with flowers , stepping barefoot through the forest ; and sometimes she saw an exhausted Venus , a hand below her belly , lying in a countryside where oxen were driven and ships set sail on uncharted seas . |
| 25 | She could hardly bear to be contradicted , and no good mother , in my mother 's view , would send her child to stay with a daft person . |
| 26 | Now most of her contacts were out-of-town businessmen , far more scared of comebacks than she 'd ever have to be . |
| 27 | There had to be a way — she would just have to be a lot cleverer . |
| 28 | ‘ She would either have to be carried or put in a wheelchair . |
| 29 | She would n't want to be seen . |
| 30 | Dot tried to imagine that the two women in front were her footmen and she was one of the royal princesses , preferably Margaret because she would n't have to be queen which would be quite a responsibility if you thought about it , going for a drive in a carriage with her regal dogs and her regal flowers . |