Example sentences of "[conj] she could [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw Chesarynth cast out , begging in the gutter Hells of Earth where she could feel no home as Jezrael had on Mars . |
| 2 | He sat her down at the table , where she could feel the warmth of the fire after her bath . |
| 3 | So while Maria Candida retched and wailed and dabbed at her nose in the cabin , Sara spent most of her time up on deck , either with Dom Alfonso , who was acting as Dom João 's agent , or — on the calmer days — further for 'd , where she could watch the porpoises leaping round the bows and listen to the creak of timber and the wind in the rigging . |
| 4 | Placing her feet carefully , Ace crept around the perimeter of the low scrub that surrounded the hilltop , finally finding a position overlooking the road , where she could keep an eye on whoever was approaching . |
| 5 | The underground was still working , and brought her near the church , where she could see the crowd and the candles outside . |
| 6 | She made some coffee , and went out on the balcony in her cotton housecoat , where she could see the sun rising from behind the dark hills , and the slopes slowly become bathed with light . |
| 7 | Once it was dark , Jane went out to sit on a low wall where she could have a good view . |
| 8 | Later the mother , having taken a housekeeping job where she could have the child with her , wrote to the father to let her have the child and the £1 per week . |
| 9 | So she begged Jack to let her go for a swim , as it was so hot that day , out to the reef , where she could find the weed she needed in fresh , young supply . |
| 10 | ‘ Dana should be ready now ; I 'll tell her you 're waiting , ’ she said , wanting only to gain the privacy of her room , where she could release the tears that were threatening . |
| 11 | Fiona could continue with her pregnancy , taking strong drugs , the side-effects of which were not yet really known , or she could have a termination . |
| 12 | There would therefore be no chance of a person claiming part of the value of their benefits , knowing that , at a later stage , he or she could have the difference made up from means-tested assistance . |
| 13 | She could n't swim , so that left her with only two options : she could stay where she was and wait for whoever was lurking there to reach out of the darkness — but with her nature that was unthinkable — or she could run the gauntlet . |
| 14 | Since that first morning at the gravel pit she had not once admitted her fear but she always looked white and tense and , although she could manage a few strokes now , she swam clumsily and jerkily , keeping her head high . |
| 15 | Although she could swim a little , she had never particularly liked the sport . |
| 16 | His voice was still the same , although she could see the silver ball in his throat where it was generated . |
| 17 | At Pook 's stables the yard was empty although she could hear the horses in their stalls . |
| 18 | However he assured her that she could control the pain and all she had to do to achieve this was to look at a certain corner of the ward ceiling and the pain would go . |
| 19 | On Jan. 7 she declared her intention to contest the presidency , and expressed the hope that she could forge a united opposition coalition . |
| 20 | She stood up suddenly , so that she could stamp the floor , annoyed because tennis shoes could n't make a big enough noise to suit her fury . |
| 21 | ‘ From the baptism of fire she had got from the press she knew that she could handle the role too . |
| 22 | She stood up quickly and began rummaging in her bag , desperately looking for some francs so that she could pay the woman and leave . |
| 23 | After about thirty seconds , I told her that she could switch the light on once more and make her way out of the cupboard and back to the hall . |
| 24 | Helen , never taking her eyes off Alexandra , craned sideways so that she could wind a finger round and round in a hole in her black stocking . |
| 25 | Dear God , who would ever have thought , looking at the insignificant scrap , that she could affect the world more than a dry leaf ? |
| 26 | All she wanted was not to know again , so that she could stay a little child and never have to grow up and face the world without her mother to wake her in the mornings and teach her things and tell her stories and pass on all her wisdom about the world and men and how babies came and why the best any woman could hope for in this life was to be able to make one man happy . |
| 27 | It reminded her too that she should really get her into bed so that she could recover a little from the shocks she had received . |
| 28 | Nor could Jaq imagine that she could attain the full strength of a purestrain Stealer — though her own strength was formidable , even when unenhanced . |
| 29 | Daisy was Fred 's bird , a freckled teenager with red tabby hair whom Arthur had entrusted with a slice of his savings so that she could open a boutique . |
| 30 | He climbed lazily to his feet and stood to one side so that she could open the door , then followed her inside . |