Example sentences of "she could [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joyce Barker has had a long association with Trinity Mill and recalls that the gearing was so light and precise that , even as a child of five , she could easily control the milling process and the sack hoist ! |
| 2 | She could easily see the broadness of his shoulders underneath a tailored white sports shirt . |
| 3 | I explained that in case of emergency she could easily touch the ground with her feet and , so encouraged , she came out with me to learn . |
| 4 | Sherman agreed , on condition that she could also use the clothes in her personal work . |
| 5 | She could even cut the mustard in one of the magazines specifically featuring chicks with big tits . |
| 6 | She could even see a thrush pecking out a scarlet yew berry , swallowing the scarlet flesh and spitting out the poisonous pip . |
| 7 | From her seat she could see the winding road that led up to the elegant gateway of Casa Madrid , and she could even see the sprinklers sending blessed water swirling over the melon and pineapple fields . |
| 8 | She could even put a name to his American fiancée . |
| 9 | In this way she developed her instinctive talent as a fashion editor ; she could instantly take a detail from this and an idea from that , while keeping well within her overall style . |
| 10 | Anyway , once she reached a hotel she could simply ring the police from there . |
| 11 | She could barely feel the pedals beneath her feet . |
| 12 | Theda was so appalled that she could barely repress a shudder , never mind summon up a smile . |
| 13 | On tiptoe , leaning against the rickety lower shelves to keep from toppling , she could barely reach the book . |
| 14 | She could barely get the words past lips grown strangely dry . |
| 15 | She blew until she could barely see the shape of the social worker 's head through the pink bubble . |
| 16 | Even now she could barely believe the evidence of her own ears . |
| 17 | Kathleen remembered nothing of the drive home , turning automatically into the parking area behind her flat and letting herself in with hands that shook so badly she could scarcely hold the keys . |
| 18 | So strange , she sometimes thought , to have all this engineering knowledge in three languages and still be so unable to apply a single word of it that she could scarcely change a plug without helpful diagrams . |
| 19 | She could scarcely bring the words into her mouth . |
| 20 | But she could scarcely control the quivering of her lower lip . |
| 21 | It was pitch black ; she could scarcely see a hand in front of her . |
| 22 | By the time the train moved off she could see nothing at all out of the window , she could scarcely see the window , so many people were squeezed between her and it . |
| 23 | His voice was so low she could scarcely catch the words . |
| 24 | And now , battered by guilt and indecision , desperate half-formed schemes jostling themselves about in her head , she could scarcely summon the wit to listen with a show of attention to the Queen . |
| 25 | The male domovoi traditionally lived by the front step and the female in the cellar , where she could best supervise the family 's food supply . |
| 26 | His hands strayed down to a spot just below the first frill on her skirt and he pushed his hips against hers so that she could clearly feel the bulge between his legs . |
| 27 | She could clearly discern the outline of his form in the white cloth . |
| 28 | Leslie 's father Colin , 61 , said she could clearly recall the attack which nearly cost her life . |
| 29 | She could just hear the silence filling with exasperation , but when he answered he was quite in control of his temper and his voice . |
| 30 | By an effort of memory she could just recall a time when money had been plentiful , and her father — then strong and well — had spent it with a gay extravagance which had delighted her as a small child . |