Example sentences of "[vb past] she could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot found she could read the letters and was surprised . |
| 2 | There was another small silence which Clarissa found she could not be the first to break . |
| 3 | Pulsatilla LM1 produced a response within 3 days when her mouth felt as if it was coated with glue and then she suddenly found she could smell again ! |
| 4 | And when her husband cracked another joke , she found she could laugh with the rest . |
| 5 | With this she knocked away the snow from the lettering — but then found she could n't make out the words in the dark . |
| 6 | She had two children who only spoke Swedish , and she found she could n't learn the language . |
| 7 | She found she could get the attention and praise she wanted only by achieving , being good and caring for that pretty little monster she so resented . |
| 8 | Anna found she could do it quite well , but Corrie had no aptitude at all , though when it came to learning Foundling hymns she excelled . |
| 9 | But when , together , they had pulled shut the heavy door with its iron decorated bands , she found she could n't fit the key into the lock . |
| 10 | She found she could just catch a direct Finnair flight if she hurried . |
| 11 | I 'd joined in trying to control the thing by now as Gillian found she could n't manage curves on her own . |
| 12 | And for those few hours after she got home she found she could talk to her mother properly for the first time in over two years . |
| 13 | She found she could n't tell him after all . |
| 14 | She would have liked to sleep again but found she could not and so she had to get up . |
| 15 | She found she could not look up at him . |
| 16 | Caroline found she could n't speak . |
| 17 | From that moment Tess found she could whistle tunes to the birds just as Mrs d'Urberville wanted . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Tightening her lips as though afraid they might widen against her will , she then found she could n't bear the ensuing silence . |
| 20 | When it came to the front door , she found she could n't go in . |
| 21 | She found she could wave her arms as she ran . |
| 22 | Once aboard , she found she could let them off the leash . |
| 23 | She 's probably looked and found she could n't get anything better . |
| 24 | But , though she tried , Ronni found she could n't smile back . |
| 25 | She opened her mouth to speak and found she could n't . |
| 26 | She found she could n't tear her eyes away , and when he managed to get his second boot off and threw it to one side , then lifted his head , she was still staring . |
| 27 | She found she could n't continue , nor was she able to tear her gaze away from the dark , silky hair on his chest , only inches away from her eyes . |
| 28 | As she heard her front door click , Rachel 's anger suddenly turned to dismay and as she turned to the window she found she could only see the outline of the cathedral through a mist of tears . |
| 29 | ‘ You were n't , ’ Leith assured him , but , while she wanted to tell him that she and Naylor were not engaged — or ever likely to be — she somehow found she could n't . |
| 30 | Again Leith wanted to tell him he could forget all idea of her ultimately becoming his cousin by marriage , but again , she found she could not . |