Example sentences of "she could [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are n't you and Charles due to go off on holiday soon ? ’ she queried , when tea and biscuits were duly dispensed to Lucy and she could sit down on a wicker-backed chair and sip her own . |
| 2 | Afraid that she might have hurt Nora , who was sitting very quietly , Louise added , ‘ Of course , she 'll miss you but I do think she could stay on for a little longer , to see what might happen . ’ |
| 3 | Though before she could get in with a quick plea for an interview , Vendelin Gajdusek revealed that he had not for a moment forgotten the way in which the Dobermann had attached himself to her ankle , by decreeing , ‘ You 'd better come into the house and have some antiseptic put on that wound . ’ |
| 4 | It was her turn now to become a heroine if only she could come up with a brilliant plot . |
| 5 | From this room she could see out through a wide window into a dense stand of woodland , which seemed to crowd together , not quite hiding a track leading to a small cave . |