Example sentences of "[adv] she [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave a great sigh and if she had not known him better she might have thought , as he slumped forward , that he had expired on the spot . |
| 2 | Kate was curiously fascinating , but mixed in with the fascination was a sort of fear ; and over the last few months she had made it quite clear that the less she had to do with him , the better she would like it . |
| 3 | He had not budged , and if she had n't known better she would have said that he was jealous , but , of course , the idea was ridiculous . |
| 4 | The sooner the business fair was over and she could fly back to London , the better she 'd sleep at nights … |
| 5 | The sooner this masquerade was over , the better she 'd like it . |
| 6 | If she had n't known better she 'd have thought he 'd been drinking . |
| 7 | If she did n't know better she 'd have said he 'd sabotaged her jeep and made it rain this way , just so he could enjoy some amusement at her expense ! |
| 8 | You may be sitting with her one evening , quite peacefully , when suddenly she will stand up and say : ‘ Listen ! |
| 9 | Now suddenly she could feel the pleasure such imaginings had aroused uncurling in a warm spiral in the pit of her stomach . |
| 10 | Suddenly she could feel it pressing against hers . |
| 11 | It seemed that although sheer determination had kept Julia alive until the wedding , suddenly she could fight no longer . |
| 12 | And then suddenly she 'd say oh I do n't feel very hungry . |
| 13 | However much she may enjoy such pursuits , there will be times when she would actually rather wander the streets unaccompanied . |
| 14 | She was in no mood to display starry-eyed fascination , however much she might feel it . |
| 15 | However much she might have wanted to remain aloof from publicity the female press corps had already identified her as the ‘ Woman Head ’ of a multi-million dollar international corporation and , through the same lens , saw her therefore as challenging a man 's world . |
| 16 | However much she might have set herself up to be hurt , she told herself defiantly , selecting white Bermudas and a cool Chinese-style silk blouse from her small selection of clothes , however much of a fool she might have made of herself , she would n't change a thing . |
| 17 | Willingly she would have surrendered the gift of consciousness if only she might drift like these in a blind passion of being , exempt from question ; yet even as she yearned wistfully so , another voice inside her agitated mind was whispering the old caveat from the Rosarium : that all error arose from failure to begin with the proper substance , from a proud forgetfulness that the magisterium is Nature 's work and not the worker 's . |
| 18 | If only she would pick up the receiver . |
| 19 | She asked , knowing the importance of the question , knowing , too , that only she would dare ask it , ‘ Will you be very disappointed if you do n't get the job ? ’ |
| 20 | As for her daughter , Madeleine had shown no signs of dropping Lionel Dunbar , and a quiet word with his mother had confirmed that he had every intention of marrying Madeleine if only she would agree to accept him . |
| 21 | If only she would join with him now , perhaps together they could find a way through this terrible situation . |
| 22 | But the other night when Heidi , when she was practising her song , she 's so dramatic all the time going you know if only she 'd do that when she 's on the stage you know put erm action into her singing . |
| 23 | ‘ If only she 'd clear off into the dower house , ’ she told herself , ‘ I could really improve things here . ’ |
| 24 | If only she 'd leave me in peace to enjoy it . |
| 25 | She should never have gone , it was her fault , if only she 'd come back a day earlier , how would she manage if … ? |
| 26 | If she could buy some make-up after the X-ray expedition the discolouration would be hardly noticeable — only she 'd have to borrow some money from Penry , she realised , frowning . |
| 27 | Only she will say well hang on to it till you 've listened to it . |
| 28 | She saw no sequence in what was happening , and no coherence , but she knew it was there to be seen , if only she could achieve the right angle of vision . |
| 29 | There was probably a perfectly simple explanation , if only she could give her mind to it , but for the moment she seemed incapable of logical thought . |
| 30 | Pressing his hand against her bosom or kissing his fingers softly and reverently , she told him that she knew and had always known that only she could make him happy , that there was already a mystical bond between them and that if she could not soon feel his arms about her and his lips upon her own , she would sink away into despair . |