Example sentences of "she [modal v] sometimes " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may well have had sexual intercourse regularly before the act in question and , because a sexual relationship may involve a degree of compromise , she may sometimes have agreed only with some reluctance to such intercourse . |
| 2 | That same ability to identify helps her appreciate the hurts she may sometimes have caused others . |
| 3 | And her lips , opening to reply to his question , were long and mobile , eloquent even before she spoke , though she might sometimes go on to contradict what they had intimated . |
| 4 | She could sometimes experience it as a physical thing — a slender cord strung between the two of them , as though they each held one end , and she , she had to balance on that tight rope , poised and tricky . |
| 5 | But she could sometimes be the diva . |
| 6 | She allowed herself a little to wish that she could sometimes , however indirectly , speak to , even just be with , Ludens ; but he was now , as Gildas told her and as she could see , obsessed with Marcus . |
| 7 | Through the trees she could sometimes see the roofs of houses . |
| 8 | Nora said she could sometimes forget their predicament for an hour on end . |
| 9 | Sometimes Barney came with her but , because she could sometimes fit in a visit to coincide with when she had work in that area , she sometimes came alone . |
| 10 | For someone doing something she 'd sometimes rather not , Dr Beverley Randle does it remarkably well . |
| 11 | It was touching to me to see how she would sometimes act helpless because she loved him being , as he often was , masterful with her , as well as tender ; and for his part it was easy to see that he thought her a wonderful woman and admired every inch of her . |
| 12 | In Dorothy Heathcote 's early days of doing drama with adults she would sometimes begin in role with ‘ Did you get the message … ? ’ |
| 13 | That 's why she would sometimes sign the order over to me so that I could put it through my account — otherwise she had to queue up at the post office , as I said . ’ |
| 14 | A good judge of character , Charles , she would sometimes with surprise reflect . |
| 15 | ‘ What will become of me ? ’ she would sometimes ask Liz and Esther , in mock-alarm . |
| 16 | ’ It 's a great pity that matchmakers are not valued in this country , ’ she would sometimes say . |
| 17 | She would sometimes do 20 in one day . |
| 18 | ‘ I am low , ’ she would sometimes say , especially before breakfast . |
| 19 | ‘ Too English for me , ’ she will sometimes add , in her impeccably English middle-class intellectual 's voice . |