Example sentences of "she could just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she could just about reach the top shelf with her fingertips , she was very unsteady . |
| 2 | By moving her head about and squinting through gaps in the foliage she could just follow his actions . |
| 3 | By an effort of memory she could just recall a time when money had been plentiful , and her father — then strong and well — had spent it with a gay extravagance which had delighted her as a small child . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps even that is preferable to thinking she could just disappear and let us think she was dead . ’ |
| 5 | If only she could just go home , hide away and never have to see anyone again — but she had promised to stick with Paula and there would be all kinds of awkward questions and recriminations if she arrived home alone . |
| 6 | By then she could just about face up to the knowledge she had been trying to resist since February 1944 ; that every last member of her family had died in the concentration camps . |
| 7 | Bill expected her to be at York racecourse to ride out at eight — if she put her foot down , she could just about make it . |
| 8 | By covering her hands and lower arms in the most enormous pair of rubber gloves she could just about force herself to help with the washing up . |
| 9 | Gone were the days when she could just get up in the morning , make coffee , leave a note for Mrs Bennett and go off to Brentwoods with , maybe , the anticipation of quite an exciting day . |
| 10 | She could just imagine the scathing looks with which Mrs Josephine MacDonald , the president of the Noble Order of Lady Queen Bees , would have regarded it . |
| 11 | On page 13 MARY BAILEY already has the cichlids — but if she could just get hold of a six foot tank … |
| 12 | On the wall behind the plant she could just make out irregular painted spirals of pale gold . |
| 13 | She found she could just catch a direct Finnair flight if she hurried . |
| 14 | She could just see it how . |
| 15 | With what she was going to leave to each of her relations written down in it so that when she got fed up with one of them she could just strike his name out ! ’ |
| 16 | And help was forthcoming , for there was a whole row of somehow familiar books , and the name on the back , she could just decipher it , was Candida something , why yes , of course , Candida Gray , she saw it with a flash of inspiration , for it had never occurred to her to look for a surname other than the one that she already knew . |
| 17 | But in the deep shade in the angle of the two hedges she could just make out that a pit had been dug . |
| 18 | From where she was standing , she could just about make out the shape of Patrick 's cap as he hurried down the back lane . |
| 19 | If the wind died for just a moment ; if she could just get a clear sight of the cockpit … |
| 20 | If she could just stay on top … |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | She could just about hear the pilot yelling for silence . |
| 23 | Towards dawn , Miranda no longer knew whether or not she was dreaming , as she felt Adam 's flesh against hers and inhaled the pungent almond smell of love ; by the dying embers of the drawing-room fire , she could just see his face . |
| 24 | When she could just be Lily Greene , on holiday in Paris . |
| 25 | Across the way she could just glimpse the motorspeeder . |
| 26 | To soothe herself , she counted the roses on the wallpaper ; she could just make out their heavy , dark faces . |
| 27 | She could just make out , beyond her own reflection , the night-shapes of a long garden with a flood-wall and a towpath at its end . |
| 28 | She could just as well have been arranging my funeral for all the co-operation I offered her . |
| 29 | By screwing her eyes up against the glare , she could just about make out what was going on in the refectory . |
| 30 | She could just imagine him saying , ‘ Yes , of course , ’ while his eyes betrayed amusement and pity . |