Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must n't lose sight of why she was here . |
| 2 | Mr Browning motioned his wife to be quiet and taking Wilson 's arm conducted her to the door , saying something to the effect that she must not give way to gloomy thoughts and that doubtless she was tired with a young baby still nursing and a house to run . |
| 3 | She knew she should n't cause trouble to people . |
| 4 | She might even make room for Louise on her float . |
| 5 | The Prime Minister announced on Nov. 26 that some months earlier the Queen had asked him to consider the basis on which she might voluntarily pay tax on her personal income and also take responsibility for certain payments to additional members of the royal family ; the Prince of Wales had made a similar request with regard to the Duchy of Cornwall . |
| 6 | She 'll even arrange delivery for very big items within London . |
| 7 | And his mother , anxious when she could not make contact with him , reported him missing nine days later . |
| 8 | ‘ I can only think she decided she could not marry Fabien after all , but could not bear to tell him so either . |
| 9 | She could not offer advice as a grandmother , despite her long experience of children ; and now her own children had ceased to confide in her ‘ because they felt that the time had come when I ought to be ‘ spared ’ every possible worry . |
| 10 | A CHARGE of rape on a mentally handicapped girl was dropped yesterday after a judge ruled she could not give evidence against her alleged attacker . |
| 11 | Once she was there it would require a tremendous effort of will to get her back to London — except that she could not leave Holly in charge for more than a day ; and except that she was avid for information about the murder inquiry ; and except that there were any number of good stories she wanted to pursue for the column and any amount of private gossip she wanted to hear . |
| 12 | Having got this joke out of the way , she was then told no she could not have money for food , but she could have cash for a carpet . |
| 13 | After a restless few hours ' sleep , Fabia awakened to daylight and the concrete knowledge that for her sister 's sake she could not accept defeat on that interview issue . |
| 14 | ( Who ever heard of a mother falling so ill she could not take care of her household , whereas everywhere there were men drunk , mad , gaoled , old , worn out-who had become as children again to their wives ? ) |
| 15 | On page 13 MARY BAILEY already has the cichlids — but if she could just get hold of a six foot tank … |
| 16 | It was not that she could n't contemplate marriage to anyone other than Will . |
| 17 | But she could n't stop thinking of David in his white coat , visiting the patients , touching them , and this was where her thoughts made her tingle all over , and she had to set her mind to something else . |
| 18 | She could n't see Miguelito from here , but she had seen enough . |
| 19 | Now she could n't imagine life without him . |
| 20 | Although she knew they were both wrong she could n't apportion blame to either of them , not yet , at any rate ; the only thing she knew at the moment was that what she had heard tied her to this house and the business as if she had signed a contract giving away her life . |
| 21 | But a wallet would contain all sorts of personal items which she could n't get hold of . |
| 22 | She could n't accept help from him . |
| 23 | Looking back to the time when she could n't find reverse on her company car , Alison contrasted this with her new job responsibilities : ‘ Now I 'm driving over 2,500 miles a month , much of it spent on the M25 . |
| 24 | Oddly , despite her own feelings towards Rune , she could still feel sympathy for the other girl . |
| 25 | Just so long as the two of them were involved professionally , she was at ease with him , but once that link was severed , she could only feel antagonism towards him . |
| 26 | There was so much about her that Louise admired , she could only suspend judgement on the rest . |
| 27 | It terrified her , that she could so lose control in the arms of this man who was everything she despised , who despised her , who wanted her for what he thought she was . |
| 28 | She 'd always say she 'd just put coal in the fire . |
| 29 | The organiser , too , is a woman … though she 'd rather give pride of place at the air display to another female — Sally B , a B-17 bomber , star of the film Memphis Belle . |
| 30 | It was on the tip of her tongue to say she 'd rather have dinner with a snake , but then she stopped . |