Example sentences of "she could [vb infin] them [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she was really too old to cure herself of facetious thoughts , at least she could bite them back from the tip of her tongue . |
| 2 | If she guesses somebody she knows is involved — and she must know the fake cop in the picture — she could tip them off . |
| 3 | knew that , but she could stare them out . |
| 4 | She could take them along . |
| 5 | Would there ever come an occasion when she could put them on , together with the leghorn hat , or the felt , and the new shoes that she would buy herself ? |
| 6 | Then , before she could put them back on , and to send her thoughts scattering , he directed , ‘ Do n't wear those while I 'm around ; they offend my sense of beauty . ’ |