Example sentences of "she [modal v] [vb infin] at [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The atmosphere in his office seemed to be closing in on her in an intimacy which she must avoid at all costs . |
2 | She must look at two other things , hard and solid , so that she would be strong for the battle ahead . |
3 | She looked as if she might explode at any moment . |
4 | That 's like Sarah at work , I mean she leaves at twenty past five , if she thinks that , she 'll leave at ten past five I mean she thinks you 're stupid because she do n't always go but even when she 's not going she |
5 | The crossing takes two and a half hours , so she 'll dock at three English time . |
6 | There she could sit at one of the outdoor cafés and read her letter undisturbed while sipping a cool drink of lemon or perhaps iced tea . |
7 | Then , before she could reply at all , ‘ Which reminds me — how 's life as an artist 's model ? ’ |
8 | ‘ Here will be fine , ’ she said huskily , relieved she could speak at all . |
9 | ‘ That was very good of you , ’ whispered Isabel , rather surprised that she could speak at all . |
10 | Her ability to repeat what she heard was the only language task which she could perform at all well . |
11 | Or whether she could run at all ? |
12 | ‘ I 'd been asking why she 'd taken a clerical job when she 'd had an art training and she said it was all she could get at first but after a while she 'd managed to wangle this daytime class . ’ |
13 | If she could look at meat hanging in a butcher 's , the fieldworker was told when she was accompanying policemen to a postmortem , she could look at dead bodies . |
14 | There were other confusions — he was vain , she could smile at that , and yet many times he seemed unaware of the effect his strong presence could have on others . |
15 | They could only lead down a particularly humiliating blind alley she 'd vowed she 'd avoid at all costs … |
16 | There had been a time when she had thought of going with Roman and dreamed of dancing held tightly in his arms , but now she doubted she would go at all . |
17 | She had awakened early , busied herself with her bags and , while she had waited for the taxi repeatedly told herself that men were a species that she would avoid at all costs from here on in . |
18 | Her beauty had been something which had filled even herself with wonder ; sometimes in the privacy of her own room she would gaze at some part of herself , at a hand , say , or a breast , and the perfection of its shape would fill her with joy , as if it were not a part of herself but some natural object of beauty . |
19 | And you , you know she , she can go at some pace . |
20 | He speaks to no one , and no one addresses him until the employee at the counter asks if she can help at all . |