Example sentences of "she could [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By returning to Ockham House , she could distance herself from events and reclaim a reassuring degree of privacy . |
| 2 | She cringed back from him , pressing herself against the stove , wondering if she could edge past and make for the door . |
| 3 | Like Diane Barker , of Bishop Auckland , a deaf teenager who passed her test first time in 1984 after having special mirrors fitted so she could lip read commands from the driving instructor without taking her eyes of the road . |
| 4 | None the less her experiences with those other professionals led her to believe that she could nut affect the result of their deliberations . |
| 5 | She squatted down to his level , and he stuck his chin up in the air so that she could rebutton his coat for him . |
| 6 | Down the street a block or two , she found a spot under a grocer 's awning where she could pore over the map . |
| 7 | She could discourse at great length on the history of Europe , illustrating how little I knew on this vast subject ( having ducked out of history lessons at the age of thirteen ) . |
| 8 | And would be more so when she could steel herself to pinch out the little chin and make it weak . |
| 9 | A 20-year-old crusader who could live on rice , salt and chillies once a day had to decide whether she could foist that option on her kids . |
| 10 | She could hitch-hike across the country to California . |
| 11 | She could put up with that if it got her to a city , or within reach of a ve-hickle she could scav . |
| 12 | Maybe she could coast for a little while . |
| 13 | she likes plenty , you know , and er , she did take a course on baby minding and she passed everything like , she could baby mind |
| 14 | But there , from any notes , she felt that she could piece together what had taken place . |