Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] she [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The irony was that in normal circumstances she would have insisted on seeing a working installation of a new product if only to satisfy herself that whatever she wrote would n't infringe the Trades Descriptions Act . |
| 2 | In civvy street she would have found it hard to find a fellow to chat with and so she likely considered the war a godsend . |
| 3 | Perhaps Elena thought that if she was in sole charge she could make a proper tyrant out of him . |
| 4 | In that instant she could happily have hit him . |
| 5 | But in that sense she can use the car on her own . |
| 6 | Reed Children 's Books and Books for Students , the Warwick-based school and library supplier , have just announced that in that capacity she will be a judge for a new competition for primary school children — the first prize being a week 's holiday for a whole class at children 's author Michael Morpurgo 's farm in Devon . |
| 7 | " In that case she would n't be all the way over here , would she ? " |
| 8 | ‘ In that period she could have changed . |
| 9 | As she stared into her bemused eyes , he slowly smiled , and in that moment she would have committed murder if he 'd asked her to . |
| 10 | In due course she would dispose of it , but not just yet . |
| 11 | Obviously no expense was being spared to make the night a success , and in different circumstances she would have been looking forward to it , but now , as silence settled over the car , she could feel herself growing tense . |
| 12 | She was a woman in need of a child to love , and having none of her own she was lavishing it all on Corrie Palmer , which was sad because in another year she would have to be returned to the hospital . |
| 13 | In another moment she would have collapsed against him . |
| 14 | In another moment she would find herself on the other side of the door , facing disaster . |
| 15 | She threatened them , she menaced them , and one day in this vein she would marry one of them . |
| 16 | In this way she would be following the rules about enthusiastic praise of the specified behaviour . |
| 17 | In this way she might foster a new creative generation and a " German rebirth of the Hellenic world " . |
| 18 | If the therapist had approached the problem in this way she may well have avoided alienating herself from both the patient and her parents and thereby becoming largely ineffective . |
| 19 | But by crossing direct in this way she could more than halve the time to the keeper 's cottage , and this might mean that the keeper could get to the West Wood in time to capture the deer-stealers before they drove away . |
| 20 | In this way she can judge when some children are ready to join a group game , enabling her to present them with some small problem that will help to lead them one step further in their mathematical thinking . |
| 21 | Treitel ( 8th ed. ) , p. 87 says of Ward v. Byham : ‘ One basis of the decision is that the mother had provided consideration by showing that she had made the child happy , etc. : in this way she can be said to have conferred a factual benefit on the father , even though she may not have suffered any detriment . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I instruct my daughter out of concern for her safety that until such time as she raises children she should make no will : in this way she will be able to live without danger . ’ |
| 23 | The annuity is actually quite a attractive because there 's not much tax er liability on an annuity anyway , only a very small proportion and for her in this situation she could actually make a single contribution of say eight thousand pound , the maturity from the endowment , and actually buy this sort of contract straight off . |
| 24 | With a helpless little movement she sat up , drawing up her knees and hugging them as if in some way she might glean comfort from the gesture . |
| 25 | I felt that she may have either directly or indirectly encouraged him to make this decision for several reasons : she was suffering ; she knew that he was n't going to leave the hospital and she accepted that ; and she did n't like seeing him talk himself into more suffering for him and for her ; and I do n't think there 's any question that in some sense she must have gotten this across to him that he ought to give up much more than anyone else . |
| 26 | Fortunately she was unaware how often in future years she would resent John 's making decisions which involved both of them without consulting her . |
| 27 | Bee Moore , who worked in Westlands and was a sister of Paccy Moore the shoemaker , had heard that Eve was dead from horrible injuries and that Benny was in such shock she could n't be told . |
| 28 | In these moods she could have eaten anything . |
| 29 | In later years she would hit the shins of passers-by with it if they got in her way . |
| 30 | ‘ I promise , ’ Katherine said in a small voice , not quite sure what it was she was pledging , though in later years she would have ample occasion to reflect on what he said . |