Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] she could " in BNC.
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| 1 | To see them together would be more painful than she could bear . |
| 2 | At Pook 's stables the yard was empty although she could hear the horses in their stalls . |
| 3 | But things started going a bit wrong before she could start . |
| 4 | But she 'd be as cool and calm as she could as she tried to point out to Naylor Massingham the unfairness of his action . |
| 5 | ‘ We 'll make a proper job of this ! ’ she declared , and putting her fist into the crown , she forced it up as high as she could push it , and wore the resulting sombrero for the rest of the term . |
| 6 | Grinning conspiratorially , she reached up as high as she could , contorting her small body but not quite jumping . |
| 7 | She had to stand on her toes and reach up as high as she could with a walking-stick in order to hook the hat off the peg , and even then she only just made it . |
| 8 | Trying to look as dignified as she could , under the circumstances , she looked him straight in the eyes , with more than a touch of defiance . |
| 9 | She felt physically fitter and more alive than she could ever remember . |
| 10 | Had decided to keep it as simple as she could . |
| 11 | It was a request from a colleague : he 'd be grateful if she could cast her eye over an article he 'd written for a quarterly journal , by Friday if possible . |
| 12 | ‘ She started to grow very short of breath then and the decline was more and more rapid until she could not walk or move around . |
| 13 | She was very , very frustrated cos she could n't speak . |
| 14 | Which would be fine if she could think of anything even remotely amusing to say , she thought wryly . |
| 15 | Erm , with mum i i i is fine because she could from my point of view so , and also as regards the , if anything happens to me , then she gets a pension from the bank she gets |
| 16 | Sally-Anne Tunstall , beloved daughter of Senator Jared Tunstall , arguably the richest man in the USA , and his dear wife Mary , niece of Orrin Tunstall , the American ambassador , society beauty , heiress , spoiled child of fortune , who had once thought that the world was her ball to play with , sat on her bed in an East End attic , dressed in her skivvy 's clothing , grieving because she could not consummate her love for a poor doctor who had renounced the world over which she had once reigned . |
| 17 | They both seemed to have forgotten Jenna and she was glad because she could feel tears welling up inside , almost a feeling of panic . |
| 18 | Elinor was sometimes at a loss for the right word , or name , and then became impatient with herself ; she was often frustrated because she could n't move as swiftly as she did before . |
| 19 | I mean , er erm and I went to see her in Park Hospital and she was very frustrat very frustrated because she could n't speak . |
| 20 | It was touch-and-go whether she could reach the pram before it either overturned or leapt from the rocky wall at the foot of the bank on to the road , along which traffic was speeding in both directions . |
| 21 | Robbie was glad when she could clear away and wash up , relieved when Fen did not offer to help . |
| 22 | And so Josie left her there , intending to be as quick as she could on her errand and to return before Lucy could wander away to think her thoughts of darkness somewhere else . |
| 23 | There was this same probing again at her hardened tone , this summing up , and Jenna kept her face perfectly still , as icily cold as she could manage , although inside she was filled again with the same old grief , the same feeling of being worthless . |
| 24 | He wanted her to talk but he was n't being very successful , her answers were as near monosyllabic as she could make them . |
| 25 | ‘ She 's fine , Mum , or at least as fine as she could be in the circumstances . |
| 26 | Sycorax fainted , and Ariel bent her cheek to the discoloured cheek of the old woman and licked the salt that fell in her tears , and when she reached the cabin took her inside where the rush screens would keep the flies off her wounds , and made her as comfortable as she could on the ground , with fresh dressings on her burns , a cool soaked cloth on her forehead . |
| 27 | She made herself as comfortable as she could , listening to the sounds Travis made as he zipped himself into the sleeping-bag and made himself comfortable . |
| 28 | ‘ In her last letter she said she was not sure if she could settle , ’ said Mrs Over . |
| 29 | Flavia , sitting very still , was not sure if she could trust her ears . |
| 30 | In that moment she was n't sure if she could fling decorum to the wind and beg him to make love to her again , right there , standing up in the blackness of Ghar Hasan . |