Example sentences of "[verb] she could [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't feel she could make a contribution , but she wanted to , so ‘ I just went in and made myself useful . ’ |
| 2 | Guido had said she could have a day off , just to get acclimatised , but he 'd been firm that the lessons should start immediately after that . |
| 3 | ‘ Did n't think she could do a thing like that ? |
| 4 | According to her she was convinced that Francis would inherit and dispose of the business , but she might have thought she could do a deal with Beryl . |
| 5 | While a kettle boiled she could set a table , light a fire , and watch over a cooking breakfast . |
| 6 | She just knew she could make a go of it ! |
| 7 | Clare thought she could rest a while here . |
| 8 | I thought she could make a selection from these . ’ |
| 9 | She stared out of the window and thought she could write a book in the time it was taking them to get to Nice , which really was just around the corner . |
| 10 | She thought she could hear a noise . |
| 11 | She said she could feel a shard of genius enter her soul with my seed ! |
| 12 | Auntie Lou said she could sew a piece of material on the bottom to lengthen the skirt but there was nothing she could do about the top and Carrie cried a little , privately , not because the dress was no use but because her mother should have guessed how much she had grown . |
| 13 | Mrs O'Hara said she could see a gunman kneeling in the hallway firing into the room , and another gunman further along the hall . |
| 14 | ‘ There are times when I wish she could have a couple of years off to bring up her children , be at home with them , and not worry about anything else apart from them and her husband . |
| 15 | Vi wished she could fire a gun and shoot down those bombers if only for what they had done to Gerry , but it was easy to be brave in this small , precious house when the sun still shone in the evening sky and a west wind blew away the stench of bombing and burning and broken bodies . |
| 16 | Elaine wished she could have a marriage like that . |