Example sentences of "could [vb infin] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | But so far — and this may be what you 're driving at — we have n't found evidence of anything that could explain her murder . ’ |
| 2 | What else could explain her presence now , in his car ? |
| 3 | She was so enthusiastic about what she saw and liked that she could transmit her ideas even if the appeal was not immediately obvious to us . |
| 4 | I noticed that Aunt Louise could thread her needle without too much trouble and even write a few letters , but I had heard that sight is often impaired by poor health , and prided myself that this improvement might be due to good food and peace of mind . |
| 5 | Her family and acquaintance would have been greatly astonished to learn that Camille considered herself prematurely grown-up , and she herself was waiting for the day when she could tame her anger into cold bitterness and frame it into phrases as cutting as tempered steel . |
| 6 | She could eat her words , while denying with the maximum of emphasis that she was ever ‘ for turning ’ . |
| 7 | Our hypothetical Ann could eat her packet of peanuts , for example , if she added three half-hour swims to her weekly routine . |
| 8 | The brothers , who now had good jobs , took her for meals where she could eat her fill of exotic sea foods and rich desserts . |
| 9 | The main point certainly stands : that those in daily contact with the Queen could influence her mind and help their friends . |
| 10 | Her mind leapt as high as the moon — somehow she knew the seal could answer her heart 's desire — but how could she make it happen ? |
| 11 | And before Fen could answer her question a dark bulk moved out of the shadows into their path . |
| 12 | When he was a child and his mother was ill , he thought he could make her better by writing a play . |
| 13 | She was confident that she could make her mark on the Rummidge Department in three years . |
| 14 | At times she believed she could make her hard man into a piece of putty , but not when he spoke of duty . |
| 15 | But if a woman should ask for a particular garment , he would take her into what had been the front room of the house and there , in comparative privacy , she could make her choice and try on the clothes . |
| 16 | I understood , after a while , that he honestly loved her , and he could make her happy . |
| 17 | Might there be a chance that if he went back to England , he could make her care for him ? |
| 18 | The door bell rang again and Camille hid in the downstairs lavatory until she could make her getaway . |
| 19 | She had dark curly hair with no sign of grey , and a certain shyness that could make her manner seem brusque . |
| 20 | She could make her living as a potter if she wanted to ; she 's a natural . ’ |
| 21 | He turned back to the frying-pan , and she wondered how anyone could make her hackles rise with so few words . |
| 22 | It was n't fair that he could make her senses rocket in such a devastating way . |
| 23 | No other man could make her body flame as he had done . |
| 24 | If she could make her way along to the right ladder , she would be able to climb up to the painted clouds high overhead . |
| 25 | She had broken the law unwittingly , but still she had broken it , and if Jake was really determined he could make her pay for it . |
| 26 | Nothing could hurt her mother now and nothing could hurt her father even . |
| 27 | Nothing could hurt her mother now and nothing could hurt her father even . |
| 28 | And well Miss Clark might remember I mean she is as you say probably one of the oldest people and perhaps Miss could rattle her brains a little . |
| 29 | Huge hairy warts were stuck on her face and the make-up artists asked if they could cover her facial hair in mascara , giving her an instant moustache . |
| 30 | Her family did not much understand gardening either , and took little pleasure in the fruit of their unskilled , social labours ; as far back as she could remember , Clara could recollect her mother 's perpetual nagging at her father to cut the lawn , her father 's occasional outburst of resentment against the boys who trampled on the borders . |