Example sentences of "she [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was affronted by his familiarity ; but she must n't snap at her only helpers . |
| 2 | There was one incident however that , even with hindsight , she could not laugh at . |
| 3 | She was so constantly braced , her will so stiff from desire , that she could not sleep at nights ; she feared that if she fell asleep she might lose her determination and her faith , might wake up alone in her narrow bed , in the small back bedroom , overlooking the small square garden , backing onto the next small square garden , where for so many years she had lain and dreamed her subversive dreams . |
| 4 | She could not settle at school , ran away from home on several occasions and spent most of her time alone . |
| 5 | By the Tuesday of the first week , Cassie knew that she could not stay at Rose Cottage any longer . |
| 6 | Ms Baker forecast cuts in plans for the Festival if the district council did not provide more funds , but said she could not indicate at this stage which productions would go . |
| 7 | She could not remember at all . |
| 8 | She could not glare at it or protect herself by clutching at the chair 's arms . |
| 9 | They drove in silence , and when she dared to glance across at him she found an expression on his face that she could not read at all . |
| 10 | She simply could n't keep house — not that that mattered so much — but she could n't cope at all with the children . |
| 11 | well God help her she could n't er , at the end , she could n't eat at all and we were forcing her to eat and she was n't eating at all . |
| 12 | However , she knew that she could n't stand at the window indefinitely , so she left it to complete the task she had on hand . |
| 13 | So deeply and dreamlessly that when she woke she could n't think at first where she was ; nor place the strange noise at the back of her head . |
| 14 | Most of them even Masklin could understand , but even Grimma had to admit she could n't guess at what they were supposed to mean when you read them all in one go . |
| 15 | She could n't look at you how she did and … ’ |
| 16 | She could n't look at Lucy 's face . |
| 17 | She could n't look at him in the face . |
| 18 | She could n't look at him . |
| 19 | She could n't look at him , but she was still aware that he was studying her . |
| 20 | She could n't look at him . |
| 21 | She could n't look at him , but she was vitally aware of his ragged breathing only inches above her . |
| 22 | ‘ No , ’ she answered quietly , and felt so guilt-ridden then that she could n't look at him , but turned her head and stared out of the side-window . |
| 23 | The proprietor must have thought that they were lovers because he showed them to the most secluded table in the place , talking all the while in rapid French , which she could n't understand at all , but which Piers had no trouble in comprehending . |
| 24 | Or with anger , although she could n't imagine at what . |
| 25 | My mother , having been deprived of one prospective son-in-law , Cedric , now got it in to her head that I might meet an American , and decide to marry him and live the rest of my life in the USA , where she could n't get at me and see what was going on . |
| 26 | She would n't stop at his side any more to watch him play , though he liked her to , for she was his lucky charm , and her presence concentrated his mind wonderfully . |
| 27 | I wish she would n't look at me like that — she 's gone all hard and like she do n't like me no more . |
| 28 | Her boast was that she had been dancing at every RAF and American air force station within a 30-mile radius , and that she would n't look at any male with a rank lower than Squadron Leader or the American equivalent . |
| 29 | She would n't look at Lacuna . |
| 30 | Then she thought that she would not go at all , that she would stay behind and pretend to be ill . |