Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] her [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Honey decided that if she was going to get anywhere with these people she must not lose her temper . |
| 2 | Must not allow her senses any room to manoeuvre . |
| 3 | During the journey home she sat pondering this fact , at the same time realising she must not allow her thoughts to become emotionally involved with this devastating man . |
| 4 | There must be no encroachments : they must not appropriate her memories and make them theirs . |
| 5 | Antoinette , anxious that her illness should not upset her daughter in any way , agreed immediately . |
| 6 | Yet she must still get her daughter married . |
| 7 | Whereupon , declaring that no less precious food should thereafter pass her lips , the lady had , variously , starved herself to death or flung herself from the window , in which case her blood had forever coloured the ruddy rocks of Roussillon . |
| 8 | His sister , Catherine must now rebuild her life . |
| 9 | He must n't guess her secret now . |
| 10 | But even so he stripped her without haste , all the while keeping up a slow calculated assault on her senses , until the only thought she could cling to was that she must n't reveal her love . |
| 11 | Helen , you must n't tug her skirt so , you will quite part it from the waistband . |
| 12 | She should n't blame her twin ; Roman had said he wanted Dana close to him , and who could wonder if her did ? |
| 13 | ‘ They 're lovely , Rob , ’ she murmured , moving away so that he should n't see her weakness , and forcing herself to say , ‘ Luke told me that the party was a huge success . |
| 14 | yeah but er yeah there , there 's a gre there 's a great er it 's a great shame actually erm we may not have Jenny for very much longer , they may not renew her contract which will be a big shame . |
| 15 | Though this following comment may not affect her work performance as such , Muriel is a person with strong views generally , particularly about religion . |
| 16 | We ought not to think her departure worthy of editorial attention . |
| 17 | She might only lose her temper about once every five years , but when she lost it , boy , did she lose it , and events these last few days had been urging her dangerously near to boiling-point . |
| 18 | Until then she had been tortured by fears that she might not recognise her son if she should see him . |
| 19 | On the other hand , although Sebastian Grantham might not understand her reluctance , he would respect it . |
| 20 | The notion that Bonard 's sexual inclinations were more likely to be directed towards Alain Gebrec than herself might not enter her head . |
| 21 | I 'll just sound her heart again before we go . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Her eyesight 's not too good now , ’ she continued , as though that might somehow render her mother 's behaviour less odd , as though by mere words she could be converted into a harmless , ordinary , ageing old lady , just like other people 's mothers . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've had a few sharp , pithy words with my mother , and I do n't think she 'll ever treat her grandchildren like that again . ’ |
| 24 | It would surely be over-hasty to argue that a mother , for example , who clearly preferred her showjumpers , or even her collection of books , to her children , was necessarily in the wrong ; she might nonetheless treat her offspring very well . |
| 25 | Although they continued throughout to support Mrs Thatcher , a number were known privately to have expressed the belief that a failure to secure outright victory on the first ballot might irretrievably damage her authority and force her to stand down . |
| 26 | ‘ Meg ! ’ said she — and I 'll always remember her words — ‘ Meg ! |
| 27 | She 'll probably write her memoirs : she always had a yen to be a writer , though her pen dribbles cliches . |
| 28 | ‘ You 'll probably see her car parked . |
| 29 | ‘ We 'll also circulate her description , and if you have a good , recent photograph that would be very helpful . ’ |
| 30 | She might even turn her head right round to see where the car had gone , but she would n't consider it important enough to jump off the glove . |