Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] she could " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Years later she told me she could never remember an angry word between them . |
| 2 | My mind told me she could n't . |
| 3 | When he lifted her she could hear her own panic-stricken murmurings and he pulled her head against him , muffling the wild little sounds against the strength of his neck . |
| 4 | ‘ She 's been with me in Cambridge all day — I told her she could have Sunday off . ’ |
| 5 | Mum was pleased as punch when she found that Mary had bought us new clothes , but she was not so pleased when Mary told her she could n't see them until the day of the wedding and took them straight up and locked them in her trunk . |
| 6 | Father had , apparently , told her she was ‘ too stupid ’ to take a degree in maths , told her she could n't do a joint degree in physics and German because he could n't afford to pay for the year out , and had influenced her to apply for A university because that was where he had taken his degree . |
| 7 | Marie yelled after me to wait but I did n't want to talk to her about it so I chucked my sandwich-box over to her and told her she could eat them for me . |
| 8 | No wonder Maurin told her she could believe what she liked as she could prove nothing . |
| 9 | Lucenzo had a glint in his eyes which told her she could be in trouble . |
| 10 | Before she could ask whom he intended to marry this time he said , ‘ After you left and I had that final bust-up with Marc I rang Marianne and told her she could do better than marry a penniless school-kid . ’ |
| 11 | I told her she could have my one cos it only had that much ink in it . |
| 12 | Lisa was very happy in Lourdes she loved the little spring inside of the Grotto , as soon as she saw it she could cling onto the railings and keep saying ‘ hello , hello ’ . |
| 13 | But although she said it she could not be certain that it was true . |