Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] she could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her handbag had fallen behind the car seat when she 'd stopped at the traffic lights in town so several minutes were lost as she scrabbled for her pass , then when she drove into the car park she could n't immediately find a space and had to drive round several times . |
| 2 | From her bedroom window she could see the mountain rising up in a steep and slippery slope above a deep quarry , which had once been worked for limestone but had long since fallen into disuse . |
| 3 | Peering through the kitchen window she could see the remains of three breakfasts and her daughter 's new green coat hanging on the back of the kitchen door . |
| 4 | On the work surface she could see a bowl of salad , the wine bottle and a row of cutlery . |
| 5 | There 's no hit here , but given the right bullshit production she could stick out the next ‘ Damn I Wish Etc ’ . |
| 6 | As she fumbled with trembling fingers at the clip on her safety harness she could feel Nathan 's gaze burning into her . |
| 7 | His jacket fell open , revealing the strong contours of his chest under the thin white cotton of his shirt , and Fran found her eyes drawn to the faint shadow of body hair she could see beneath the thin fabric . |
| 8 | Through the half-open door of the coding office she could see Lofty 's back ; beside him Lucinda sat unmoving , her left hand relaxed on a dial . |
| 9 | From the signs on the station platform she could see now where they were . |
| 10 | Many times during this pocket lecture she could have turned and looked at her instructor , and put him clean out of countenance merely by looking ; but she had not done it because she was so sure that he was the young man from the entrance booth , a licensed enthusiast , and entitled to his brief moments of emotional escape . |
| 11 | After a few moments , she realized that if she half closed the filters across the starsuit helmet she could cut out at least some of the light . |
| 12 | There was n't a tree in sight , but nearer the cliff edge she could make out carpets of thrift and sea-campion , and yearned to explore . |
| 13 | They were lovely clothes , beautifully made from fine materials , and if Ellie took a tuck with her hand at the back of the dresses , and turned the hems up a good six or nine inches , looking in the dressing mirror she could get more than a fair impression of how she might look once she too was a young woman . |
| 14 | But underneath her smart-alec answer she could see a mental picture of the wolf . |
| 15 | ‘ Even though my mother was on the school committee she could n't convince them . ’ |
| 16 | As she looked for a hiding place she could hear the voices increasing in volume . |
| 17 | As she was due at her weekly Patrol meeting she could n't stop to search for them . |
| 18 | With her spread hand she could pinch both of her temples and she 'd been sitting like this for a some time , holding out the light . |
| 19 | Not some peasant boy she could steal away with the promise of a better life , but a youth sheltered by his wealth , closed to her . |
| 20 | She was more than well acquainted with Lubor 's proclivity to see an invitation to grow amorous where there was none , though since he could n't do more than verbally flirt over the dinner table she could n't see any harm in accepting . |