Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] she could " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the same , her protests went unheeded , and each day that passed she could see Matthew becoming more and more influenced by old Luther . |
| 2 | And after — what ? — fifteen , twenty years , there was that in her altered manner that showed she could still regard him with affection . |
| 3 | She knew what they were saying and realized she could come to church no more . |
| 4 | Leith snapped angrily — and realised she could go on in the same vein until she was blue in the face and it still would n't dent him . |
| 5 | And pretended she could hear gulls mewing and the squeak of sand under the balls of her feet and the rhythm of wings . |
| 6 | She 's probably looked and found she could n't get anything better . |
| 7 | She opened her mouth to speak and found she could n't . |
| 8 | Then she spotted a public telephone and decided she could not wait another minute to call Nick and tell him the job was completed . |
| 9 | She supposed she had lost the baby but she herself felt reasonably comfortable apart from a plastic pipe stuck into the back of her hand which was sore and meant she could n't move . |
| 10 | In the main , it was a time of misery which unknowingly strengthened her character and at the same time introduced her to a friendship which resulted in her opening her eyes to another way of life , a life that she recognised and knew she could fit into ; for it was during the first summer holiday that she was invited to spend a day with Annabel at her home . |
| 11 | She thought of staying here the night with him , and knew she could n't . |
| 12 | She stared out of the window and thought she could write a book in the time it was taking them to get to Nice , which really was just around the corner . |
| 13 | She gave no address and said she could do nothing more to help her mother . |
| 14 | but , erm , she was hoping to come to the meeting this evening , but she phoned at the last minute and said she could n't make it , but erm , I do n't know if it would be more appropriate perhaps for the schools groups to get in touch with her and I |
| 15 | on the logo front when Linda wrote to me and said she could n't come to this meeting |
| 16 | Celia smiled and said she could . |
| 17 | She was allowed home on February 3 although she felt unwell and said she could not feel the baby moving . |
| 18 | She told them that she had ‘ done ’ the house for the past five years , and hoped she could go on doing it . |
| 19 | Oddly enough , she was n't in pain when she came round , and she said she did n't know what they 'd shot into her , but she felt great and wished she could score some . |
| 20 | She loved it and wished she could stay there forever . |
| 21 | When he said too readily , ‘ Yeah , could be , ’ she knew the blue haze of his need to reassure her , and wished she could believe him . |
| 22 | She concentrated on her driving and wished she could stop thinking of William . |
| 23 | And when he would not be persuaded that Rain had no more for him , she mentioned Georgie and Joey and wished she could be aboard Perfidia when Berg cornered them , as he surely would . |
| 24 | Claudia put her hands to her burning face and wished she could fall through the floor . |
| 25 | She felt cold and sick and wished she could crawl away and lie down . |
| 26 | She would have liked to sleep again but found she could not and so she had to get up . |
| 27 | She knew she ought to report the death , but felt she could not because of the passage of time . |
| 28 | She had forgotten her memorised thank-you speech , but knew she could improvise . |
| 29 | Enid felt she did not have the concentration for advanced driving or painting but thought she could probably try gardening . |
| 30 | Ms Baker forecast cuts in plans for the Festival if the district council did not provide more funds , but said she could not indicate at this stage which productions would go . |