Example sentences of "she [modal v] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He or she may be stating , describing , warning , commanding , apologising , requesting or beseeching . |
| 2 | However , if an agent is enjoying the wine with a Bryan Adams , he or she may be drinking the vinegar with a manager 's smaller act who makes much more work than the bigger act , with absolutely no income . |
| 3 | She may need money to buy food for the family , or she may be trying to stop him leaving her and the children . |
| 4 | She may be trying to get your attention . |
| 5 | She may be joking , but me , I just growl in a choked voice ‘ Hey , why do n't you cut us some of that cake ? ’ |
| 6 | I I 've a feeling that er she may be seeing individual students this Friday er and that 's all so er I do n't think there will be a tutorial . |
| 7 | Of course , she may be seeing you to tell you she 's suing you for slander . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ She may be getting plenty of food , but she 's putting it in a poor skin , ’ retorted Sarah . |
| 9 | As the hon. Gentleman has said , Mrs. X has indicated that she may be taking proceedings further , so it would be most improper for me to go into too much detail on this case . |
| 10 | After all , if this week 's polls are anything to go by , she may be joining the ranks of Britain 's retired pensioners in 1992 . |
| 11 | Or she may be working on a rabbit and be boxed in in one direction while another ferret has backed one or more rabbits behind her . |
| 12 | ‘ There 's a boat coming up the river now , ’ said John , ‘ but she may be going right up to Ipswich … ’ |
| 13 | She may be going to St Petersburg next summer to do her thesis for Harvard . ’ |
| 14 | I try to ignore it but I do worry she may be going short of protein and vitamins . |
| 15 | ‘ She may be relying on our efforts , you know , so we must be sure we do n't let her down . ’ |
| 16 | Friends may refrain from expressing any sympathy because they feel that it might be inappropriate and embarrassing for her , and she may be feeling that people will regard her as a hypocrite if she gives way and weeps , although she may need to do this for a variety of reasons , one of them being not so much for what she has lost , but for what she never had . |
| 17 | There will be many things for her to think about and remember , at a time when she may be feeling quite disturbed emotionally , and you can do much to ease the strain of it all for her . |
| 18 | ‘ She may be itching for me to leave , but what with the heat and having to fight his corner — ’ he cast her a droll look ‘ — this weary traveller is on the point of dehydration . ’ |
| 19 | Other examples of such ambiguity are plentiful ; we offer at random : ( 3 ) ( a ) she wants to play the character limping ( b ) this process leaves the items date-stamped ( c ) Elmer made all the excuses imaginable ( d ) our lawyer sent the packages registered For instance , taking example ( c ) , under the attributive version , a speaker has a low opinion of Elmer as a man who prevaricates or procrastinates ; but with the alternative interpretation she may be giving credit to him for lending colour and credibility to a defence which has to be put forward . |
| 20 | I 'm afraid she may be having another . |
| 21 | The patient is conscious and can even report to the surgeon any experience he or she may be having as the operation progresses . |
| 22 | By that time , she may be growing exhausted from her new and taxing responsibilities , broken nights and perhaps feeding difficulties . |
| 23 | Now , if Tamsin is all right , whatever she may be doing , she only has to phone her mother . |
| 24 | Again she considered that she may be falling in love with him but this time she was not so quick to dismiss it . |
| 25 | She must be seeing him off . |
| 26 | She must be pushing forty , he thought , but she 's still a good looker . |
| 27 | If so , there are no responsible ministers by whom she can be advised , because the Commonwealth as such has no government and no ministers , and she must be speaking therefore without responsible advice . |
| 28 | ‘ She must be living in cloud cuckoo land . |
| 29 | She must be joking . |
| 30 | Bank clerk Hilary Williams said : ‘ When Mrs Matthews first came in to check if she could change them , I thought she must be joking . |