Example sentences of "[vb past] she [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found she could just catch a direct Finnair flight if she hurried . |
| 2 | Tightening her lips as though afraid they might widen against her will , she then found she could n't bear the ensuing silence . |
| 3 | But when , together , they had pulled shut the heavy door with its iron decorated bands , she found she could n't fit the key into the lock . |
| 4 | She had two children who only spoke Swedish , and she found she could n't learn the language . |
| 5 | As she heard her front door click , Rachel 's anger suddenly turned to dismay and as she turned to the window she found she could only see the outline of the cathedral through a mist of tears . |
| 6 | Open , friendly and honest by nature herself , she was happiest with others who acted in the same way , but Adam Burns was a riddle she doubted she would ever find the answer to . |
| 7 | No matter how she tried she could n't prevent the arm from flopping out on to the floor . |
| 8 | But no matter how much she tried she could not prevent the shift in perceptions towards her . |
| 9 | Walking beside her now , he prayed she would not notice the peculiar tic that jerked his face into a spasm of nervous twitches and always made her so terribly angry . |
| 10 | Now if she re-dialled she would only get the apartment ringing incessantly ; the call before she had lost and she had n't a clue where its destination was . |
| 11 | A long sash window framing a view down , far below , to where she fancied she could almost see the floodlit Verdala Palace and the Buskett Gardens , where the Mnarja would flow on until dawn … |
| 12 | However , each time we called she would n't answer the door although we could see the curtain move so we knew she was at home . |
| 13 | She shook her head , pointed to the baby first and then to Sycorax as if her maternal cares in both their cases meant she could not stir a moment from their side . |
| 14 | Julia felt she might not make the end of the week if this went on . |
| 15 | In three months , too , while she knew she would n't get a job that paid as well as the one she had now , she should have secured another job , should n't she ? |
| 16 | Because she knew she would n't have the money to pay for it so we just that was her way you see . |
| 17 | If she allowed herself to think of James at all tears came close to the surface , and she knew she would never feel the same with anyone else . |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't you see — ca n't you remember how it was ? ’ he asked , when everything was so indelibly imprinted on her mind that she knew she would never forget a moment of it . |
| 19 | She knew she might never hear the words again , but they would be there in every look , every word , every gesture . |
| 20 | But she knew she must n't make a fuss . |
| 21 | After what she had gone through she knew she could not reconstruct the universe , only recapture her own lost world . |
| 22 | Young though they were , her pupils knew she could not provide the amount of professional work that he had to offer . |
| 23 | For the first time since she had moved back into the house , she knew she could n't face an evening with Jacob . |
| 24 | And now she knew she could never escape the past , as she had hoped . |
| 25 | He thought she might not last a week at Anpetuwi . |
| 26 | He thought she might not have a heart , or tried to explain away her indifference by imagining she were made of obsidian through and through . |
| 27 | Ruth thought she would never forget the bereaved mother 's demented scream . |
| 28 | On the one hand she thought she would possibly enjoy a hour 's gardening when she came home from work and that it would help her unwind , but on the other hand her adult children and her husband would expect tea at 6 p.m . |
| 29 | She thought she could almost see the memories and she could certainly hear the echoes . |
| 30 | In the sudden silence Isabel thought she could almost hear the life of the garden , preparing for its spring blossoming . |