Example sentences of "she could [not/n't] face " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once home — and although she had eaten nothing for several hours — Annette found that she could not face the thought of a meal , even though her husband offered to prepare one for her . |
| 2 | TRAGIC aerobics teacher Joanna Grenside faked her own dramatic kidnap because she could not face Christmas . |
| 3 | Sudden and final loss of ability to walk turned a chronic problem into a crisis : emotionally she could not face this added challenge , and her marital relationship collapsed . |
| 4 | She could not face a repetition of the morning session . |
| 5 | She had to be carried into Afghanistan that fateful summer because she could not face the rigours of the journey and took refuge in illness . |
| 6 | That letter had unnerved her and now she could not face speaking to the man who had written it . |
| 7 | She could not face loving Alain and then being left with a smile and a careless shrug . |
| 8 | She knew right then that she could not face it if Alain married someone else . |
| 9 | She could not face him before then ; nor would society approve of a private evening visit . |
| 10 | The thought crept into the warmth and she trembled , afraid that this time she could not face rejection . |
| 11 | Whether she could not face the thought of having a stepson foisted on her . ’ |
| 12 | After an alleged assault on her birthday in September 1989 she could not face returning to the Royal High and missed eight months of education before starting at a private school . |
| 13 | She could n't face them a minute longer . |
| 14 | She said she could n't face tackling the job on her own . |
| 15 | What she really wanted was to go on the pill , but as her doctor was a close family friend , she could n't face asking him . |
| 16 | She could have asked Dorothy of course , Dorothy knew about these things , but she could n't face the look of exasperation she knew she 'd get , the telling-off . |
| 17 | It transpired that her family had moved to Tala-Tala and she could n't face the daily ten miles on foot . |
| 18 | She knew now it was something she could n't face , to be possessed of magic — magic that could explode without warning and all but kill you … ’ |
| 19 | Nobody wanted any more , which was just as well , as there was n't much left and she could n't face hacking at the carcase . |
| 20 | For the first time since she had moved back into the house , she knew she could n't face an evening with Jacob . |
| 21 | She 'd missed all the fun because she could n't face any more walking . |
| 22 | She could n't face him , feeling the way she did now . |
| 23 | She felt limp and exhausted , but there might be someone in the kitchen , and she could n't face anyone else at the moment . |
| 24 | That was something she could n't face . |
| 25 | It was a prospect she could n't face . |
| 26 | Suddenly she knew she could n't face him again in this new vulnerability — could n't look into his eyes and see sympathy . |
| 27 | She could n't face seeing that realisation in his eyes , for the sake of her own sanity had to get away — had to flee from him for a second time . |
| 28 | Most of all she could n't face Dane , could n't cope with the new pain that seeing him again must surely bring . |
| 29 | Gina did n't take Magnus out in the gardens for a while after that , she could n't face meeting him again . |
| 30 | She could n't face that . |