Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wrote back and said no way did I think that she ought to go into the unit . |
| 2 | ‘ If the wheel comes off on Stitherstones Pass she may go over the precipice ! ’ cried Jenny 's daddy . |
| 3 | She may work with the Sisters of St. Francis , but she 's still a tinker . " |
| 4 | The spider may wait for developments sitting in the centre of the web or she may retreat to the side and lurk there with one of her eight legs resting on a cue-line through which she will feel movements in the trap . |
| 5 | However , for the prisoner , the CAB adviser is often the only non-establishment source of support and contact that he or she may have with the outside world . |
| 6 | The support she may win in the crisis , where minor disagreements are sunk in the face of a much disliked enemy , can evaporate in everyday disputes , where the Prime Minister 's views must compete with many other acceptable views . |
| 7 | Taking her sister 's hand , she found there was nothing else for it , but she must press to the point . |
| 8 | Pete could only guess that she must move with the grace of a gazelle . |
| 9 | If no embalmers collect her tomorrow , she must go to the lime pit . ’ |
| 10 | She must go round the district like one of those fishes with a kind of fishing net in their jaws , sucking up all the information as they did the little fish . |
| 11 | Despite her depression she occupied herself with office tasks , and , although there were times when she dabbed at a tear , she reminded herself that she must prepare for the time when she would never see Silas again . |
| 12 | ‘ She must sit on the pot until it cool so the vapour can come up her inside , ’ the thin woman commanded . |
| 13 | Then she must sit in the sun before hauling it back up and altogether I was enraged and wished I was in a condition to show her how it should be done . |
| 14 | Dame Agatha took Father Reynard by the sleeve and they walked away , the young sister apologising loudly for being late and asking if Father would give her the altar breads as she must return to the priory . |
| 15 | Under the trust route the widow will be left the £1M of non-qualifying assets and will use them to " buy " ( by way of exchange ) the qualifying assets ( which she must hold for the requisite two years ( before death ) ) . |
| 16 | He 'd been helping his wife to , she must work for the council and he 'd been helping her and he said er the matron at Comfort House had asked and he , and he 'd noticed Jim 's name on when he delivered ours so he knew where they could , he 'd take them . |
| 17 | Instead of another row with her mother , she had decided that she must get to the bottom of things by going up to the Hall and speaking to Miss Hatherby , and she pedalled as fast as she could . |
| 18 | She must get to the door and run away . |
| 19 | She must get into the habit of using what she had , loaves instead of chocolate , herself instead of other people . |
| 20 | ‘ Of course , she must live with the tragedy of her daughter 's suicide for the rest of her life … ’ |
| 21 | She was aware how awkward she must seem to the older woman , if not exactly all fingers and thumbs , certainly all arms and legs . |
| 22 | Ridiculous as a bride on her clichéd honeymoon , she must wait until the accepted hour . |
| 23 | How she must fret for the King . |
| 24 | she must have on the christening |
| 25 | Before she left the party , she must look for the witch 's hat . |
| 26 | If Britain was to survive in the new world of rival empires she must look to the fitness of her population , both for the military and for the economic struggle . |
| 27 | She grabbed the wrap and hugged it round her , agonisingly aware of the swollen-eyed wreck she must look in the brightness . |
| 28 | She sharply told Tilda , who had planted herself in a rocking-chair put out on the pavement , that she must come into the shop and help her speak to the man . |
| 29 | Having turned the car , she wondered if she should make for the cottage to talk out with her mother what her next move should be , but thinking that would leave her grandmother alone too long , she decided to make for home again . |
| 30 | She challenged Vi with her eyes , demanding she should stay at the table . |