Example sentences of "she could on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She preferred to eat as many of these as she could on the spot , as they were too messy to take away . |
| 2 | ‘ Those who can not hear must feel the rod of correction , ’ she declaimed , raising the stick as she advanced , Martha let out a shriek , leaped to her feet and , barely aware of her action , hit the old woman as hard as she could on the side of the head , knocking her against the wall . |
| 3 | He had but to comment favourably on the kittenish qualities of Babs Osborne for her to curl up as best she could on the plush seat beside him , her thumb in her mouth . |
| 4 | She slammed it down as hard as she could on her opponent 's head . |
| 5 | Sycorax fainted , and Ariel bent her cheek to the discoloured cheek of the old woman and licked the salt that fell in her tears , and when she reached the cabin took her inside where the rush screens would keep the flies off her wounds , and made her as comfortable as she could on the ground , with fresh dressings on her burns , a cool soaked cloth on her forehead . |
| 6 | And so Josie left her there , intending to be as quick as she could on her errand and to return before Lucy could wander away to think her thoughts of darkness somewhere else . |
| 7 | Somehow she rose over her excitement , though , and concentrated all she could on the task at hand . |