Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [verb] at " 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 | The Princess Royal has around 10 hats made each year which means she must have at least 260 to choose from by now . |
| 3 | Of course , I have n't actually seen any of her young men , but she must have at least ten or twelve ! ’ |
| 4 | She must look at two other things , hard and solid , so that she would be strong for the battle ahead . |
| 5 | What I want is she should shout at me . |
| 6 | She challenged Vi with her eyes , demanding she should stay at the table . |
| 7 | Secondly were Mrs White 's brother and sister-in-law who were reported earlier as saying at second interview that they thought she should remain at home ‘ if things keep as they 're going now , and she gets the services she 's getting ’ . |
| 8 | It is one of the requirements of any British Prime Minister that every Tuesday and Thursday between 3.15 and 3.30 p.m. he or she should appear at the dispatch box and answer questions from MPs on any subject . |
| 9 | She knew that she should have breasts , that she should be menstruating ; that , judging from the giggled conversations of her friends , she should have at least wanted to find out about love and sex . |
| 10 | She looked as if she might explode at any moment . |
| 11 | ‘ If I 'm to talk to Evelyn Lennox , ’ he said calmly , ‘ I need to brief myself in advance with anything she might throw at me . ’ |
| 12 | And she might come at you very very but . |
| 13 | Why , do you think she wanted to make a point of she might have at work for |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | She 'll want at least another three watch-keepers , and preferably two of them must understand celestial navigation . |
| 16 | She could n't cope in the wild with three legs though so she 'll stay at the centre . |
| 17 | Maybe she 'll stay at work and come and pick me up . |
| 18 | like David Bowie will sing with them and everybody will take a turn singing with them , like that , that woman that sing that Barcelona you know , er whatever her name is I suppose she 'll , she 'll sing at erm , er and somebody else might sing that Barcelona you know that one |
| 19 | If she 's in a good mood she 'll time Ted 's egg by the 8.05 to Edinburgh ; on the other hand , on a bad day she 'll shout at Ted to make his own bloody breakfast and curse at Frieda for wasting good food on her plate . |
| 20 | The crossing takes two and a half hours , so she 'll dock at three English time . |
| 21 | The Queen Mother is of course impeccably bred , though she 's failed to make it to the last 3 Chelsea Flower Shows and looks as if she 'll remain at home again this year . |
| 22 | So she 'll settle at the table , flushed , exalted , imperious , resolute — anyway , thoroughly pissed off — and I 'll get the ball rolling with something like , |
| 23 | Maybe she 'll apply at the hospital then if she 's a qualified cook , they 're in and out of there like , like nobody 's business the cooks , they ca n't , well they do n't stay long |
| 24 | The day before she 's due to leave hospital , Gillis Tate talks to her nurse about the care she 'll need at home . |
| 25 | Johnny had moved to the far end of the room and she could no longer see him , but she could guess at the expression on his face . |
| 26 | Folly was bitterly certain that she could guess at what . |
| 27 | No I think she thought she could guess at somebody who might be involved — like Person Y — but nothing more . ’ |
| 28 | She could change at Bank and take the Central Line , the red line , from there . |
| 29 | Deciding she 'd had enough of her office for that week , she filled her briefcase to bulging with work she could do at home , and closed her office door at five sharp . |
| 30 | 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 . |