Example sentences of "[modal v] she [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 With all that , must she also attend this gathering , where she might find herself exposed to public ridicule , to painful humiliation , by the dread words of that evil old woman ?
2 Must she always come between us ? ’
3 And why should she not come back ?
4 And you , ’ she added , greatly daring — but , since the Master was quizzing her so relentlessly , why should she not quiz the Master ?
5 Should she not have fought him , fighting on the side of the better Jack , the good Jack , against the false bad Jack ?
6 If a woman found a style she liked , why should she not keep it for ever , as long as it was practical and comfortable ?
7 Should she not please sooner or later , she would be taboo , a mocked and patronised spinster .
8 Who should she even listen ?
9 It was no good confiding in Ferdinando who merely stared at her as though she were mad , should she even begin to confess her inner dissatisfaction .
10 Or should she simply let things take their course , give herself up to the almost overwhelming attraction Joss Barnet had for her ?
11 Dear God , why should she still find him so disturbing after all he had done to her ?
12 But why should she always invite them ?
13 Instantly Leith 's thoughts flew to her own mother and how , should she ever see Sebastian looking as drawn and haggard as Travis had been just lately , she would more than likely be halfway demented too .
14 Or might she just have found time to sneak up here undetected ?
15 Who might she not meet ?
16 ‘ Oh , never with any heart to deprive you , ’ protested Herluin , ‘ but in compassion for a monastic house brought to ruin might she not feel bound to exert herself to deliver ?
17 Might she not have had it on crooked ? ’
18 How might she still resolve the dispute by creative thinking ?
19 Ought she not to have said that ?
20 Could Ireland only be prevented from copying England by English rule , or could she somehow rediscover her pride , her lost Sovereignty ?
21 Could she somehow have taken a wrong turning on the straight , unbranching surface ?
22 How could she just go home when she needed the money ?
23 Well could n't , could she , could she just go back one page and let's us see what it was she wants .
24 How could she even think such things about a man whose reputation as a womaniser rivalled Casanova 's ?
25 How on earth could she even think Piers sexy ?
26 How on earth could she even begin to answer that question ?
27 She was not proud to have been the cause of splitting her family up ; nor could she forget how her father 's love had turned to disgust ; and how could she easily reveal the shame which she had brought down on the Wards ?
28 How could she honestly make this pigheaded man see sense ?
29 If she did discover that he was involved in some shady dealing , then could she honestly trust herself to stick to her principles ?
30 She had little doubt that she had allowed her heart to rule her head , and , much as she had enjoyed what had happened between her and David , could she ultimately trust a man who had treated her sister the way he had ?
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