Example sentences of "be that she could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she had tired of her games she would take wing and fly away , and even if she stayed , how likely would it be that she could ever settle down as that poor doctor 's wife ? |
| 2 | And the worst part was that she could n't talk to Elinor about it . |
| 3 | But she was n't sure what it was that she could n't do . |
| 4 | The tragedy of her life was that she could n't accept that she 'd never be you . ’ |
| 5 | Perhaps one of the reasons she had gone from one man to another was that she could not bear to lose the excitement and flattery of the early stages of love . |
| 6 | The trouble was that she could not seem to bring herself to do anything about it . |
| 7 | And if one thing was certain , it was that she could not get him from here alone . |
| 8 | Léonie 's problem was that she could not count . |
| 9 | Josie 's job was to suggest the changes with the most minimal effects , but the truth of the matter was that she could probably have slapped on the makeup with a billposter 's brush and the trash would be equally fooled . |