Example sentences of "she could [adv] [vb infin] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could not hope for news every day … . |
| 2 | She could not settle at school , ran away from home on several occasions and spent most of her time alone . |
| 3 | Asked if she would abandon her attempt if they became ill she replied that she could not say in advance , and pointed out that there would be eight doctors , including one paediatric specialist , immediately to hand . |
| 4 | But the priest said she could not live till morning , so I could not leave her . ’ |
| 5 | If she could just stay on top … |
| 6 | Mum 'd be there , she could n't go to work with this anxiety hanging over her . |
| 7 | But as she said she she just had to she could n't stay in bed when she had kids running all over the place . |
| 8 | Why did everyone think she could n't cope with hurt ? |
| 9 | Ca n't remember when he went but my my sister wanted to come down but course she could n't come to mum 's because he was there . |
| 10 | Emmie thought she could probably go to sleep in less time than anyone else in the world . |
| 11 | But , before she could really get under way , from one side of the church , the one that leads out to the dustbins , came a group of three or four people one of whom I recognized as Sheldon |
| 12 | What on earth was she thinking about — she could never fall in love with him ! |
| 13 | Rolling over was a painful if not too difficult manoeuvre , but , even with Travis helping all he could , it was an exhausting process trying to find his pocket and reach into it when she could only go by touch . |
| 14 | There was such comfort , such happiness with him that she could only sigh with pleasure . |
| 15 | She could only watch in horror from the street as a local man and soldiers battled bravely to save four-year-old Stacey and two-year-old Ciara from the blaze . |
| 16 | The frustration of what she could only identify as love for him , plus the fact that she 'd given herself to him so completely , mixed with her suspicion that he was still using her in some way to further his own undisclosed purposes , had engendered a turmoil of emotions within her , among which , she was ashamed and horrified to realise , lurked a certain impulse to exercise violence on his person . |
| 17 | ‘ And that from an Aussie ? ’ she was startled into answering , then went pink when he gave her a look of what she could only describe as approval . |
| 18 | His face , less hollowed and drawn already than her first impression of it , possessed a quality in repose she could only describe as beauty , of a very virile , masculine variety . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She could almost pass for human . |
| 21 | He pushed her gently down on to the settee and sat so close to her that she could hardly breathe for fear that she 'd betray how much she wanted him . |