Example sentences of "to [be] [pron] she could " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seemed to be nothing she could do . |
| 2 | There had to be something she could say , something sharp and snappy , tailor-made to disabuse him of that idea , but was n't it just typical that she could n't for the life of her think what it was ? |
| 3 | For one thing , it paid better than she could believe , and for another the work seemed to be something she could really get her teeth into . |
| 4 | There had to be something she could do . |
| 5 | She wanted him to be someone she could love and idealised the future in her head , but then found herself thinking about that most heartwrenching of adolescent discoveries ; people rarely are what you want them to be and betray you without malice , unaware of the pain they cause . |