Example sentences of "[vb past] she could [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While a kettle boiled she could set a table , light a fire , and watch over a cooking breakfast . |
| 2 | She just knew she could make a go of it ! |
| 3 | Clare thought she could rest a while here . |
| 4 | I thought she could make a selection from these . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She thought she could hear a noise . |
| 7 | She said she could feel a shard of genius enter her soul with my seed ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Mrs O'Hara said she could see a gunman kneeling in the hallway firing into the room , and another gunman further along the hall . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Elaine wished she could have a marriage like that . |