Example sentences of "she could [vb infin] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was very fond of her but it strained imagination to see how she could fit into a policeman 's life . |
| 2 | On the holiday side of it — well , from her point of view she could do with a respite from thinking about that interview . |
| 3 | The girl looked as if she could do with a fairy godmother , or perhaps just a mother . |
| 4 | Sarah answered the door ; she wore a shabby blue woollen dress , her grey hair straggled and she looked as though she could do with a wash . |
| 5 | ‘ She could do with a bit of growing up , ’ observed Davyd , the shrewd Welsh gardener . |
| 6 | She still felt a bit wobbly on her legs and she knew too that she could do with a holiday . |
| 7 | She could do with a glimpse into the future right now , she decided grimly , particularly since it seemed her irritating companion was intent on being obstructive , despite his apparent change of attitude . |
| 8 | We soon discovered , not surprisingly , that she could cope with a curry far hotter than we could eat . |
| 9 | The fact that she could swear like a trooper and at one point told a nurse that I was a security guard escaping from a hijack attempt , also helped . |
| 10 | It had taken their combined savings to make the down payment on a house in overcrowded Tollemarche and Isobel had declared that she could manage without a car . |
| 11 | So , having no more to discuss on that topic , I went on to ask Sylvia if she could think of a place in her own home where she felt uneasy if the door was shut . |
| 12 | or he or she could start with a Viking place name or a reference to a Viking raid in their own area . |
| 13 | She could hide in a crowd . |
| 14 | Two years later , Paul saw Sinead on stage with Ton Ton Macoute in Dublin and witnessed first hand the raw emotion she could generate in a performance . |
| 15 | Thus she could pose as a Stealer hybrid , could behave as one ; and afterwards could suck those implants back into herself , softening , shrinking , reabsorbing them . |
| 16 | The next morning , without seeing any of the family , who were heaven knew where , she made herself some breakfast under the smiling gaze of Rose or Mary — she did n't know which — and before she could get into a worry as to whether Feargal had meant his offer to take her to Carlingford he walked in through the back door . |
| 17 | This was brought home to her when the only holiday jobs she could get as a teenager were helping on market stalls and working as a chambermaid in a hotel . |
| 18 | She could look at a row of colours for hours and never be bored . |
| 19 | He did n't know whether to wake her , or even if that was possible if her sleep was so deep that she could crouch in a corner , weeping , and not wake herself . |
| 20 | Behind them she could work with a charm and singleness of attention that became so smooth as to be chilling , except for the friendliness of her large grey eyes . |
| 21 | Behind them she could work with a charm and a singleness of attention that became so smooth as to be chilling , except for the friendliness of her large grey eyes ’ . |
| 22 | She could go now — but later she could fall under a tram . |
| 23 | Here , through the space of a breath or two , she could live for a moment in the rapturous evening when she and Lal had dressed for the Hunt Ball : the evening that had given her Andrew . |
| 24 | Obviously she had to go to Dublin and stay in the convent there ; this was the only way she could train for a career . |
| 25 | Perhaps she could ring for a taxi , to take her to the nearest station ? |