Example sentences of "she could not [vb infin] a thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was being blackmailed and , because of her promise to Travis never to breathe a word about the woman he truly did love , she could not do a thing about it . |
| 2 | She could n't smell a thing . |
| 3 | She could n't do a thing about it . |
| 4 | For one thing , she could n't see a thing in the blackout without her glasses ; and for another , the uniform was n't half attractive enough . |
| 5 | She managed the ice-cream dessert a bit better — it required little effort to swallow — though she could n't taste a thing . |
| 6 | Claudia murmured agreement and ate automatically , though she could n't taste a thing . |
| 7 | ‘ You know how it is , ’ he would say to their hosts , on the pretext of apologising for arriving late , ‘ She could n't find a thing to wear . |