Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] her [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that idea killed the vision and she could only put her arms round him again and hide her face against his chest . |
| 2 | One could scarcely blame her parents for disliking the connection . ’ |
| 3 | Owing to Amal 's seclusion as a female , she could not identify her attackers by name , only that they were acquaintances of her brother . |
| 4 | And here she was , with Frank Grimwood of all people , shaking so much she could not fix her spectacles on her nose . |
| 5 | She told herself that if she did not look up she would not need to see it and after a while this not-looking would become habitual , but in the event she could not prevent her eyes from turning up to the campanile . |
| 6 | McAllister could not prevent her eyes from straying to his newspaper . |
| 7 | And try as she might she could not detach her eyes from the object on the table that had so totally winded her . |
| 8 | In a letter to Robson she described their rekindled passion , feeling only slightly aggrieved that she could not put her arms around him ( presumably they go straight through ) . |
| 9 | Ruth could not take her eyes off him . |
| 10 | He continued to look at her and she could not take her eyes off him . |
| 11 | The maid who opened the door to them could not take her eyes off the great fat woman in the biscuit straw hat with big cloth roses on its brim , and the cape that just covered her shoulders and showed an expanse of blue cotton bosom , the like she had never seen before . |
| 12 | But she could not take her eyes off him . |
| 13 | She could not take her eyes off Heathcliff . |
| 14 | Julia could not take her eyes off the beautiful mare . |
| 15 | Over the next few afternoons Mrs Phelps could hardly take her eyes from the small girl sitting for hour after hour in the big armchair at the far end of the room with the book on her lap . |
| 16 | For one thing , it paid better than she could believe , and for another the work seemed to be something she could really get her teeth into . |
| 17 | Rita had given up her fashion career when she had the children , so she could now divert her energies to tasks such as decorating and making curtains and other soft furnishings . |
| 18 | In effect she was working harder than ever and enjoying a supreme burst of creative energy since she could now release her talents into producing fabrics and accessories for every aspect of the home , while leaving Deborah in charge of garments . |
| 19 | People could n't offer her expressions of sympathy . |
| 20 | Try as she might , she could n't stop her eyes from straying back in his direction time and time again , and every time they had it was to see that same unfathomable look on his face . |
| 21 | She could n't take her eyes off it . |
| 22 | He ate so swiftly that Libby could n't take her eyes off him ; she remembered all they were told about behaving properly and eating slowly . |
| 23 | She could n't take her eyes off the livid scratch on his nose . |
| 24 | Bernice could n't take her eyes from the tall woman , and realized that her companions , too , must have been staring . |
| 25 | ‘ Pity she could n't get her clothes in Cairo , ’ said Lili . |
| 26 | He had understood her feelings for Andrew ; he could n't comprehend her reasons for marrying Lovat . |
| 27 | The woman could n't keep her hands off her . |
| 28 | ‘ Could n't keep her hands off anything in trousers . ’ |
| 29 | But she could well match her rivals over the 50-metre sprints at the meet , which this year will also incorporate the Super Final of the Uncle Ben 's Rice British Grand Prix series.GOLF : A statue of Harry Vardon which , as reported in The Daily Telegraph , was stolen from the South Herts golf club in north London last month , has been located in the Hendon area . |
| 30 | Today we show how Fiona could dramatically improve her looks with a simple makeover . |