Example sentences of "she could [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joyce Barker has had a long association with Trinity Mill and recalls that the gearing was so light and precise that , even as a child of five , she could easily control the milling process and the sack hoist ! |
| 2 | She could easily see the broadness of his shoulders underneath a tailored white sports shirt . |
| 3 | I explained that in case of emergency she could easily touch the ground with her feet and , so encouraged , she came out with me to learn . |
| 4 | She could even cut the mustard in one of the magazines specifically featuring chicks with big tits . |
| 5 | She could even see a thrush pecking out a scarlet yew berry , swallowing the scarlet flesh and spitting out the poisonous pip . |
| 6 | She could even put a name to his American fiancée . |
| 7 | In this way she developed her instinctive talent as a fashion editor ; she could instantly take a detail from this and an idea from that , while keeping well within her overall style . |
| 8 | Theda was so appalled that she could barely repress a shudder , never mind summon up a smile . |
| 9 | On tiptoe , leaning against the rickety lower shelves to keep from toppling , she could barely reach the book . |
| 10 | She blew until she could barely see the shape of the social worker 's head through the pink bubble . |
| 11 | Even now she could barely believe the evidence of her own ears . |
| 12 | So strange , she sometimes thought , to have all this engineering knowledge in three languages and still be so unable to apply a single word of it that she could scarcely change a plug without helpful diagrams . |
| 13 | But she could scarcely control the quivering of her lower lip . |
| 14 | It was pitch black ; she could scarcely see a hand in front of her . |
| 15 | By the time the train moved off she could see nothing at all out of the window , she could scarcely see the window , so many people were squeezed between her and it . |
| 16 | And now , battered by guilt and indecision , desperate half-formed schemes jostling themselves about in her head , she could scarcely summon the wit to listen with a show of attention to the Queen . |
| 17 | The male domovoi traditionally lived by the front step and the female in the cellar , where she could best supervise the family 's food supply . |
| 18 | His hands strayed down to a spot just below the first frill on her skirt and he pushed his hips against hers so that she could clearly feel the bulge between his legs . |
| 19 | She could clearly discern the outline of his form in the white cloth . |
| 20 | Leslie 's father Colin , 61 , said she could clearly recall the attack which nearly cost her life . |
| 21 | She could just hear the silence filling with exasperation , but when he answered he was quite in control of his temper and his voice . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She could just imagine the welcome she was about to get from her workmates ! |
| 24 | Across the way she could just glimpse the motorspeeder . |
| 25 | Instead — unthinkingly she moved closer to him , sliding her fingers into his hair as though she could somehow capture the feeling to keep forever . |
| 26 | The moment she was seated he let her go , but she could still feel the imprint of his grip like iron wrapped in velvet . |
| 27 | ‘ My God ! ’ she murmured , touching her fingers to her lips as though she could still feel the imprint of his ravaging mouth . |
| 28 | She could still feel the imprint on her brow . |
| 29 | And she could still feel the moment when hope , as his face had bent towards her , had melted into an emotion much more like disappointment . |
| 30 | Sir , to do summat to do like she was paralysed but she could still feel the pain ? |