Example sentences of "[noun sg] she could " in BNC.
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| 1 | That mean she could no longer counter-sign company cheques . |
| 2 | In her own room , the door was still latched , but was rattling , with a rhythm she could hear repeated outside in the strong , irregular fluster of a wind from the east , with the hiss of a roused sea behind it . |
| 3 | At about this time a hitherto unsuccessful fortune-teller living on the other side of the block chanced to glance into her scrying bowl , gave a small scream and , within the hour , had sold her jewellery , various magical accoutrements , most of her clothes and almost all her other possessions that could not be conveniently carried on the fastest horse she could buy . |
| 4 | Even in her grief she could still look out for her remaining children . |
| 5 | Dora , naturally , was in good spirits and with Fortune on her side she could afford to be magnanimous . |
| 6 | For her own sake it was a side she could n't afford to see too often . |
| 7 | At a stroke she could make them vanish , but she 'd still see them . |
| 8 | Later , in the privacy of her bedroom she could gnash her teeth and let the anguish flood out . |
| 9 | Two years later , Paul saw Sinead on stage with Ton Ton Macoute in Dublin and witnessed first hand the raw emotion she could generate in a performance . |
| 10 | He did wheel towards her then , his face contorted with an emotion she could n't fathom . |
| 11 | With a rush of emotion she could n't put a name to Luce realised that her first instinctive feeling about him had been absolutely right . |
| 12 | She would set the table with the best glass and cutlery she could lay her hands on , and her meals always had something a little different about them . |
| 13 | It was not a matter of ‘ if only … ’ , but rather a nostalgia for a different , a parallel plane of existence , a nostalgia for a future she could never have lived . |
| 14 | Her involvement with Adam and Rourke had brought her nothing but trouble and recrimination so far , and when she looked ahead to the future she could see only a bleak landscape stretching out before her . |
| 15 | Yet for Rita Allen , life in Canada has brought promise of a fuller future — a kind of future she could n't have contemplated before . |
| 16 | Why motherhood should have become such an obsession she could not imagine , but she did understand that whatever was the matter with her was contributing to her misery . |
| 17 | From her seat she could see the winding road that led up to the elegant gateway of Casa Madrid , and she could even see the sprinklers sending blessed water swirling over the melon and pineapple fields . |
| 18 | I daresay we could now , there must be a bus or a car she could hire , but it seems a bit hard . ’ |
| 19 | She could n't even eat with people she did n't like , and as for sleeping with anyone — unless she was wildly in love or pissed out of her mind she could n't do it . |
| 20 | In her mind she could still hear the other woman saying lewdly , ‘ She 's certainly got the hots for you . ’ |
| 21 | Through the brushed cotton of her sweater she could feel the pressure of his fingers , his touch scorching her as surely as if it had been on her bare skin . |
| 22 | ‘ We 'll survive , ’ said Sendei , with an optimism she could tell he did n't feel . |
| 23 | It hung round his neck , the knot well below the open collar of his shirt , and in the vee she could see the cluster of damp curls at the base of his throat . |
| 24 | But once she was on a downward incline she could only run faster and faster , squawking with fury as she lost her balance , till she tripped over and fell in a tumble of feathers and feet . |
| 25 | He glared at her , as if it were her fault she could n't remember . |
| 26 | Rory made the best attempt she could at a dismissive laugh . |
| 27 | Having to hold the button down all the time made it a bit awkward for looking out of the side window , but by craning her neck she could just manage to see the hole to the rear of the craft . |
| 28 | This time the red that flooded Folly 's face was of annoyance — until the thought occurred to her that there had been several other sets of serviceable underwear she could have chosen . |
| 29 | In a still moment of total blackness she could feel the sinewed strength , the velvet softness of the dragon 's tripes . |
| 30 | The door at the end of the passage was open too , and framed in the light she could see the landlord 's square back and bursting breeches . |