Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] she could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She absorbed influences around her indiscriminately , like blotting paper , and was so busy , strident and involved that she could never draw back to see things as they really were . |
| 2 | Slowly she imagined taking one step after another until she reported that she could physically go no further because the slope of the ceiling was so steep . |
| 3 | An Enfield clerical family took in a great-grandmother in her nineties for her last two years : ‘ she did n't want to go in a home and she wrote to my mother and asked if she could possibly look after her . |
| 4 | She reckoned that she could only take on board a limited number of surprises in any given period , and her quota for the year had just been reached . |
| 5 | Conscious that if she accepted his presence at Thorsbury without protest , her chance to remove him was gone , nevertheless she felt that she could now handle the man . |
| 6 | Just when Flavia felt that she could decently leave , her host said that he would like to show her something . |
| 7 | She understood that she could only leave the flat to shop for food at the Indian-owned store at the end of the street . |
| 8 | Again she saw Gazzer in her mind , laughing with Bella , clowning around , never taking anything seriously and she knew that she could never find the right words to convince Bella that he was dangerous . |
| 9 | In the past , when she felt depressed , she knew that she could always rely on her grandmother to lift her spirits . |
| 10 | It may sound priggish , but she says it 's unwise to go against one 's nature , its fundamental requirements , she knew that she could only make a go of it , a real go — and that was what she wanted — with some very extraordinary kind of man , and she had n't met him yet . |
| 11 | Miss Wharton , briefly closing her eyes as she trudged through the mush of fallen leaves , thought that she could still scent , above the smell of sluggish water and damp earth , a trace of the heady elderberry flowers of June . |
| 12 | She blew until she could barely see the shape of the social worker 's head through the pink bubble . |
| 13 | For example Mrs Snell , who was looking after her husband said that she could still manage to look after him at home ; she was doing a little more for him than last year because he was physically frailer and more uncooperative , but she was getting the right amount of help and was quite satisfied . |
| 14 | She knew she 'd been right not to trust him , guessed she had lost his support and did the only thing possible — tore at the bread with her teeth , one bite , two … three — stuffing her mouth till the bread protruded and she could hardly chew . |