Example sentences of "she could [vb infin] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could change at Bank and take the Central Line , the red line , from there . |
| 2 | With more hair she could pass for Springsteen being playful in the dark . |
| 3 | That was the only way she could exist with men in a man 's world . |
| 4 | She could rely on Alix . |
| 5 | RIVALS : Sridevi ( above ) turned down her Hollywood chance , so she could score over Madhuri Dixit ( left ) |
| 6 | There was nothing in his face that she could interpret as affection or even as desire . |
| 7 | The development officer said she felt there was little she could do except visit occasionally . |
| 8 | Deciding she 'd had enough of her office for that week , she filled her briefcase to bulging with work she could do at home , and closed her office door at five sharp . |
| 9 | Elsie , spooning black tea into the fat pot her father preferred , said , ‘ She could do with company . |
| 10 | She could do without food for a day or two , or maybe the wee lass would bring her something . |
| 11 | The least she could do in return was to meet him halfway . |
| 12 | Oh , she could talk to Charlie about anything . |
| 13 | Suddenly she was surprised that she could talk about Ian White without regret ; surprised to find that it did n't hurt any more . |
| 14 | She found she could sit at work in the Rose Bowl , her hands occupied as they were now , while in her head she relived the moments she had spent with Luke ; his hands caressing her ; his mouth on hers . |
| 15 | She could sit for hours in the sun these days , content to watch Pilade play , doing nothing whatsoever . |
| 16 | That was the only way she could cope with Friedrich , by blocking him out from her mind . |
| 17 | She still had no doubt that she could succeed in Frizingley . |
| 18 | You know sometimes the way forward is backward , there are no short cuts with god , if he 's leading along a certain path and were disobedient , there 's no way we can opt out of it and join the trail further along , he does n't allow it , its back to where we left it , that 's were we 've got ta get back to , we ca n't skip an experience , we ca n't miss any thing out , we 've got to go back to where we start , where we were when we left the trail and Naomi has to do just that to go back to Bethlehem , that 's the way forward for her , and you see because we all , we always find this if we are really children of god , then we can never ever be satisfied away from the will of god , there 's nothing else that meets our need , its god will or nothing , you know , when we know frustration in our lives , when we know sort of the , these annoyances and , and , and , and er sense of frustration there , its not because god is leaving us that way its invariably cos we have actually gone out of gods will because he 's will is not frustrated , its satisfying , can I just , it will only really be headings this morning , just leave us with three brief headings in this little incident that we 'll read or we , we wo n't read the whole passage but its , er in the remainder of the , or more or less the whole of the remainder of the first chapter tha that the cost was involved and then the choices that were made and then the commitment , the cost that was involved Naomi had to pay something , you see before she could return to Naomi she had to con , before Naomi sorry could return er to , to Bethlehem , she had to acknowledge she 'd done wrong , she had failed , she had sinned , she had to acknowledge she had made a mistake now in fairness to Naomi she did it and she excepted her responsibility , she did n't try and shift the blame on |
| 19 | Bernadette Quli asked Carmen , who lives opposite her , to look after Farrah so she could return to work . |
| 20 | In the autumn she could return to Vancouver and begin doing locums — substituting for doctors going on holidays or trips or to take courses — until the day she had repaid her loans and could begin to look at having her own practice . |
| 21 | She lay awake , excited at the prospect of the pig sacrifice Dai Huang had promised she could watch at dawn . |
| 22 | She could tell with Gloria . |
| 23 | Gradually , Alison came to question her core beliefs and realised that , in a moment , she could move from despair to inner peace by being loving and forgiving towards herself . |
| 24 | The different ages of her life seemed to exist simultaneously , as if she could move from age to age according to how she felt . |
| 25 | To Melanie 's dazzled eyes , they seemed to mingle and become one single arch of living substance raised up over her , beneath which she could sleep in safety . |
| 26 | He asked that she be given six months ' grace at Althorp so she could adapt to life without him . |
| 27 | " Why does n't your father tell him to go ? " asked Clara , for from what she could recollect of Mr Denham , she could not picture him suffering fools gladly . |
| 28 | A pardon would mean she could rest in peace , and that he was not a coward , ’ said Mrs Booth . |
| 29 | She could stay in Edinburgh for a few days longer , she said , until he was ready to go back . |
| 30 | She could stay in Paris tonight , or even get a late flight back . |