Example sentences of "[conj] she could " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Go ahead , ’ said Jay , enjoying this objective discussion where she could focus entirely on the delirium and dilemma of Lucy . |
| 2 | The underground was still working , and brought her near the church , where she could see the crowd and the candles outside . |
| 3 | Seconds later she shoulder-charged the door , and found herself in an eerie moonlit room where she could distinguish nothing , except the deafening howls which seemed to reverberate off the walls . |
| 4 | Worse still , she had married into a life so public that at times she felt there was no place on earth where she could escape from the prying eyes . |
| 5 | Left home as soon as she could , McLeish observed , instead of starting where she could work from home . |
| 6 | Once it was dark , Jane went out to sit on a low wall where she could have a good view . |
| 7 | Jinny found some nearer the top , in the open , where she could stand and peer down at the cottage . |
| 8 | She felt she had created a little peaceful corner where she could sit and feel close to both her late mother and her cat . |
| 9 | Patrick , much better but still weak , had become a paying guest ( Jack paid ) at Moxie 's house , where Moxie had a self-contained flatlet , often let to a student , and where she could ‘ keep an eye ’ on Pat . |
| 10 | My mother , having been deprived of one prospective son-in-law , Cedric , now got it in to her head that I might meet an American , and decide to marry him and live the rest of my life in the USA , where she could n't get at me and see what was going on . |
| 11 | On occasion , however , Alexandra would sometimes get her way and drag the Prince to services at the church she favoured , St. Saviour 's Church for the Deaf in Oxford Street , where she could enjoy being in the company of other deaf people , and be able to follow the services , as she was a fluent fingerspeller . |
| 12 | I hoped she would n't make a big production out of the delivery upstairs , but just in case she did I thought I would n't go anywhere where she could see me and point me out to any of the owners , so I left through the front exit gates and found the actors ' bus with its Mystery Race Train banner and faded inside into the reassembling troupe . |
| 13 | In the steady , stupefying roar of the Hercules , she drifted into an area that was not sleep , yet not awake , a sort of limbo where she could direct her thoughts — as in a dream . |
| 14 | Every time we talked about Jamila running away from home , where she could go and how we could get money to help her survive , she said , ‘ What about my mother ? ’ |
| 15 | She did intend to join a nearby sports club , where she could swim regularly , as soon as she was slim , but meanwhile shyly admitted to feeling too embarrassed to be seen in a swimsuit . |
| 16 | The male domovoi traditionally lived by the front step and the female in the cellar , where she could best supervise the family 's food supply . |
| 17 | From now on , though she knew of nowhere else where she could sleep , she resolved never to share her cousin 's berth again . |
| 18 | A friend said it would be wonderful if she could have a wood with an obelisk where she could go and sit , ’ says Gwyn . |
| 19 | She liked having a place of her own , where she could come and go as she pleased . |
| 20 | The position had been reached where she could not make out the labels on the cans of food she was heating up . |
| 21 | He sat her down at the table , where she could feel the warmth of the fire after her bath . |
| 22 | So while Maria Candida retched and wailed and dabbed at her nose in the cabin , Sara spent most of her time up on deck , either with Dom Alfonso , who was acting as Dom João 's agent , or — on the calmer days — further for 'd , where she could watch the porpoises leaping round the bows and listen to the creak of timber and the wind in the rigging . |
| 23 | ‘ Mr. Bonanza thought it would be better for the young lady to be taken somewhere away from here , where she could rest and get well . ’ |
| 24 | She picked up both the paper and the keys , and this time held her arms out immediately in front of her — where she could keep her eye on both at the same time . |
| 25 | She saw Chesarynth cast out , begging in the gutter Hells of Earth where she could feel no home as Jezrael had on Mars . |
| 26 | Repelled yet attracted by the ferocious masks , she finally tried on one or two , but there was no mirror where she could see herself , although she felt peculiarly feline or vulpine according to the mask she wore . |
| 27 | She was happy to be near a door into the street , where she could see passers-by and know that other lives went on in their placid courses . |
| 28 | He carried her to a private room at the hotel , where she could rest until she felt well enough to ride home . |
| 29 | Placing her feet carefully , Ace crept around the perimeter of the low scrub that surrounded the hilltop , finally finding a position overlooking the road , where she could keep an eye on whoever was approaching . |
| 30 | The woman would then be taken to a certified hospital for medical examination , where she could be detained for up to three months . |