Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doctor Baron had given her something , she ought to let him put the light out and go to sleep . |
| 2 | She may say she did , but she did n't . ’ |
| 3 | She must know she had been overheard . |
| 4 | Richard avoided looking at her , for fear she should think he meant anything particular by it . |
| 5 | He had already overtaken his mother and she did not know how to cope with the graded readers he brought home from school or his teacher 's request that she should hear him read . |
| 6 | What my source was up to , I have no idea ; all I do know is that while the world was waiting to discover how Mrs Thatcher was ever going to be toppled , the most unlikely possibility was that she might admit she had been wrong about something and ask for her P45 without more ado . |
| 7 | If Kylie did n't know how desperate the press is to write something about her , she might believe she had a double . |
| 8 | He hated himself for these demeaning fantasies , and was reasonably afraid that she might suspect he nourished them . |
| 9 | She 'll think he invited Phil ! |
| 10 | But it would n't work now : I 've got to have something to show her , otherwise she 'll know I lied to her . |
| 11 | When they needed her there was no familiarity too close for them to keep as they brushed their feathers against her cheek and went toppling along her arms to eat out of her hands — then she could feel they loved her . |
| 12 | Her hands grasped his back , and she could feel it wet with a thin film of perspiration . |
| 13 | Before she could comment he made the point that people did not switch off anger once they had extricated themselves from the risk of further suffering , especially not if they had leisure to reflect on injustice . |
| 14 | What she could do she had no idea ; but she would stand on the cliff top at Dover and heave rocks at the arrogant sods , if that was what it took . |
| 15 | Before she could reply he had jumped out of the car to walk up the drive to the hotel . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll bring in the buggy and I 'll carry him , ’ he said , and before she could protest he had taken Thomas from her . |
| 17 | Non-performers were supposed to stay out , but as far as she could tell nobody paid the rule much heed . |
| 18 | As far as she could tell it had no relevance to her own predicament . |
| 19 | He leaned on her , not wholly unconscious , but she could tell he did n't know what was happening to him . |
| 20 | ‘ We 'll survive , ’ said Sendei , with an optimism she could tell he did n't feel . |
| 21 | Before she could move he had her by the shoulders , his furious eyes blazing down at her . |
| 22 | Before she could move he dragged the drapes of the four-poster even wider apart and gave her a raking glance . |
| 23 | He looked tired and a little drawn , and she could swear he had lost weight , too . |
| 24 | He bent to kiss her and before she could recover he had pulled the sheets over her and walked out , closing the door and going down the stairs as softly as he had come up . |
| 25 | Moving back towards her , slowly , and his physical strength being the greater , he easily prised her fingers loose , and before she could recover he pushed her off balance and into a pile of hay . |
| 26 | As long as she had money , she could pretend she had always been here , but the prospect of destitution tested her false history in a way which made her feel it was n't her fault . |
| 27 | Before she could continue he said , ‘ So what made you leave ? ’ |
| 28 | Before she could speak he said : ‘ Sorry , I 've lost the key you gave me . ’ |
| 29 | But before she could speak he held up one imperious hand , effectively commanding her silence . |
| 30 | Jenna stopped and faced him angrily , but before she could speak he tilted her face with a strong brown hand . |