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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	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 .
11	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 .
12	She might have to wait a wee while but I think she 'll get on , yes .
13	Walking into a parliament of psychologists , like the governing Council of the British Psychological Society ( BPS ) , she might have had a similar reaction .
14	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 .
15	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 .
16	If only she could have waved a magic wand to turn the fat girl into a raving beauty .
17	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 .
18	She 'd have liked a nice cup of milky tea .
19	She 'd have to charter a small plane .
20	She 'd have to have a debriefing session with Edwin when they 'd gone .
21	‘ If 'e 'd been any bigger , she 'd have had a bad time . ’
22	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 .
23	‘ 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 .
24	She would have made a good wife for a T'ang , let alone a man like Sung .
25	Coffin thought she would have made a marvellous soldier .
26	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 .
27	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 .
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	She would have to have a stern talk with Debbie about including extraneous information instead of plain hard fact .
30	I used to tell trainees that it was their first aptitude test to see if they could make it over Stamford Street ! ’ was not too upset to find that she will have to devise a new aptitude test from the summer .