Example sentences of "she [verb] could " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ What she expects and what she gets could be two different things that are miles apart . ’ |
| 2 | Only one shadow lay over Sally 's life , a secret shadow that none of the luxuries she enjoyed could quite banish . |
| 3 | She had heard of a German drug called Aslocillin which she thought could help and so she pulled every string to find a supply . |
| 4 | The fact that very few other girls she knew could hold a candle to Paula did not help much either . |
| 5 | Her eyes filled with tears , but she made no attempt to blink them away , too caught up in an internal struggle which she knew could determine her life forever after . |
| 6 | It so happened that the dresser at the Shield gave notice , and Dinah decided that she herseelf could teach Lilian to make herself useful in that and other ways . |
| 7 | But when Clift confided in her about his homosexual tendencies , she referred him to a colleague whom she felt could help him infinitely more than she could . |
| 8 | No , she would not think of that — no , never that , and she began to wield her feather duster with such angry vigour that Dr Neil , coming in , was amused at her bright energy which even the ever-lasting drudgery which she performed could not dim . |
| 9 | of it like that Anyway she said could we , I said well I ca n't come tomorrow cos Sheila 's coming over they said Wednesday , now that was , no I know how about Thursday ? |
| 10 | Cos Dora rang and she said could er somebody get her twenty pounds worth and I said what do you want it for ? |
| 11 | And she said could you read me your number out like . |
| 12 | One lady thought we were turfing and she said could we turf the lawn for her ? |
| 13 | AN Englishwoman who went to Canada in search of the son she believes could have been murdered has been told that a body recovered from a lake at the weekend was not that of her son , but of an older man . |