Example sentences of "[adj] she could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dad pushing her into her bedroom : basket , cloak and everything , snatching the key from the inside , and then — but this she could not believe — locking it from the outside . |
| 2 | Her fares are paid ; without this she could not afford to work . |
| 3 | It was this she could not begin to try to explain to Jules . |
| 4 | Although she knew they were both wrong she could n't apportion blame to either of them , not yet , at any rate ; the only thing she knew at the moment was that what she had heard tied her to this house and the business as if she had signed a contract giving away her life . |
| 5 | It was clear she could not banish the image of the dying child . |
| 6 | My youngest daughter , Fleur , perhaps as a defence and because being the youngest she could n't conceive of a world without her father — I hope I 'm not kidding myself here — gave the impression that all was well . |
| 7 | For a few moments she was laughing so much she could n't speak . |
| 8 | And here she was , with Frank Grimwood of all people , shaking so much she could not fix her spectacles on her nose . |
| 9 | The sign of her barrenness filled her with depression , and as usual she could n't prevent an irrational moment of anger with Dmitri for being sterile . |
| 10 | When she belatedly realised that she must be pregnant she could not tell the Englishman , because he was away from the camp leading an action against an important German supply dump . |
| 11 | To her annoyance , although quite what she 'd expected him to do after that she could n't think , Tammuz grinned . |
| 12 | Starving her until the next evening , he coaxed her with pony nuts into a stall which Raimundo used for branding and saddling bigger horses , which was so narrow she could n't turn round . |
| 13 | Jess was glad she could n't see . |
| 14 | He grinned , glad she could n't see him . |
| 15 | She was glad she could n't see him properly ; the face that undoubtedly matched these horribly sarcastic comments would be bound to make her feel worse than she already did . |
| 16 | It would come up in the conversation all the time , ‘ So you 've been separated from your husband and you have no boyfriends ? ’ — No — ‘ Are n't you interested in having boyfriends ? ’ — No — Because she was man-mad she could n't understand why I was n't . |
| 17 | Because when she was little she could n't say Jessica |
| 18 | ( Who ever heard of a mother falling so ill she could not take care of her household , whereas everywhere there were men drunk , mad , gaoled , old , worn out-who had become as children again to their wives ? ) |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not sure she could n't go to ten , and she 'd certainly be ten in looks if she smiled more often . ’ |
| 20 | Julius must have wedged the chair in the hall under the handle , to make sure she could n't get out . |
| 21 | When she complained to a doctor that it was down below freezing she could not have been nearer the mark . |
| 22 | As her weight loss was so gradual she could n't believe that this was the cause so she attributed the benefit to the diet itself . |
| 23 | All she could not share was Mrs Browning 's other intense fever , her other passion . |
| 24 | Most of all she could n't face Dane , could n't cope with the new pain that seeing him again must surely bring . |
| 25 | She said she sometimes longed to go out , to a disco or an amusement arcade and be with other girls , but her uncle was strict and did n't like her going to those places , and although she was sometimes lonely she could n't stand the thought of going back to that school , especially now she had been away from it for so long because anyway her friends would n't be there any more and she would be treated like a little girl and the things they had to do would seem more stupid than ever because in her uncle s house she was treated like a grown-up , which she was anyway , and she ran the house . |
| 26 | At first she could not answer , for the shock . |
| 27 | At first she could not open her eyes . |
| 28 | It was dark in the prison , and at first she could not see very well . |
| 29 | First she could not see any mistress there at all and thought the girls were alone and then she caught sight of Mademoiselle 's head in the middle of a crowd of girls , what was happening ? |
| 30 | At first she could n't think why . |