Example sentences of "could not [vb infin] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | She asked him why he could not leave her alone , in view of what the other man had already done to her , but he turned off the lights and told her to undress . |
| 2 | Even if you were only a few hundred miles away instead of a few thousand I could not leave her . |
| 3 | He could not leave her here even had he the courage to go up into that vast nothingness above … |
| 4 | But the priest said she could not live till morning , so I could not leave her . ’ |
| 5 | However , he knew he could not leave her now . |
| 6 | All she felt as she lay in the dark was that Nicky could not satisfy her . |
| 7 | I could not expect her to be bridesmaid . |
| 8 | Her mother was dead and could not advise her . |
| 9 | Sons and spouses attended the meeting , having prepared beforehand that they would tell their mother personally that they could not offer her a home , but would keep in touch with . |
| 10 | For the daytimes she would need swimsuit , snorkel and flippers ; oilskin , so rain could not stop her going out ; Hunter boots and crash cap because she was bound to find a riding stable ; tennis racquet — on the offchance , as Rodney did n't play ; a frisbee ; a lilo ; shorts , walking boots , a pedometer , a compass , a small knapsack and a thermos . |
| 11 | The Marshal could not stop her , and , although I was afraid for her , I was excited at the thought of seeing her again . |
| 12 | Even heroin could not reach her . |
| 13 | He could not answer her quite at once . |
| 14 | If I could not reassure her by telling her Neil was there , and watching , it was possible , more , probable , that she would insist either on my moving into a lodging in the village , or that some of the men from the village would keep watch on Otters ' Bay and the empty house . |
| 15 | I could not make her understand it was herself , and I began to be afraid that her illness was real . |
| 16 | Other dramas could not engage her . |
| 17 | He could not forget her thrashing coldness , her silent chasm of demand , his own inadequate coin of futile charity . |
| 18 | Yet he could not forget her . |
| 19 | When she announced she was leaving at the end of the term , I felt this to be the final betrayal , although I could not blame her , even then . |
| 20 | If she had harmed Ishmael I would , but as long as it was only me that was injured , I could not blame her . |
| 21 | He believed she did not love him because he was like his father but he could not blame her for this because he knew he was unlovable . |
| 22 | He had not told her , and could not tell her , about his secret theft . |
| 23 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 24 | She could not tell her yet ; not until Elizabeth was completely strong again . |
| 25 | Her mother had high hopes for her to take O-levels and go higher , so when she was pregnant , Elaine could not tell her because she felt she 'd let her down . |
| 26 | Even so , he could not disillusion her ; could not tell her the depths to which he had sunk . |
| 27 | Kit could not tell her how he had managed to win such a victory against the local savages . |
| 28 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
| 29 | I could not tell her — I could not hurt her in this way . |
| 30 | She could not avoid her in the nurses ' home dining-room that night , however . |