Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do wish you 'd make some effort to grow up , ’ said my mother before she could stop herself , for she did n't want her future son-in-law to know how much I could irritate her . |
| 2 | Then she flew on to a high window-sill and I had to ask the headmaster to bring me a ladder so that I could bring her down . |
| 3 | I could fancy her if she was n't so old and a teacher . |
| 4 | She 'd always run into my arms when I did that so I could lift her up , but she do n't do it this time . |
| 5 | She really believed I would put up with anything she threw at me just so I could possess her . |
| 6 | I wish I could love her as little as I like her . |
| 7 | ‘ And he did n't even have any medals I could send her . ’ |
| 8 | I could always get Fenella or somebody to answer the phone and I was n't in the phone book , so I figured that if I chickened out , I could block her . |
| 9 | What if I could offer her a proper home , a proper family , with two parents ? |
| 10 | What if I could offer her both a father and a mother ? ’ |
| 11 | I could n't turn my head , but I could smell her , feel her breath on the back of my neck . |
| 12 | And before I could reply she rushed on , eyes moist with excitement . |
| 13 | I could feel her falling , dividing . |
| 14 | But I could feel her there . |
| 15 | De Villiers grinned disarmingly. ‘ 'T WOULD not be so bad if I could get some work done so I could visit her now and then , but there 's little chance of that with the Bishop running to the Queen every five minutes . ’ |
| 16 | They told me Mrs Asmoyah was ‘ critical ’ — hospitals are only generous with the truth when it 's bad — and if I was her husband , father , mother or sole blood relative , I could visit her any time , but preferably after 7.0 a.m . |
| 17 | And before I could speak she was all over me . |
| 18 | And , since Inge 's on holiday and it 's Nettie 's day off , there was no way I could leave her at Lomond View . ’ |
| 19 | I could give her all the facts and figures . |
| 20 | I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’ |
| 21 | I mean as an acquaintance I could tolerate her but I . |
| 22 | I could show her a bit of Indian , Chinese or Middle Eastern , all heavily adapted , because I like messing around with other people 's culinary canons , but mainly I 'd have to show her my version of Italian , and the liberties I 've taken with that do n't bear repetition . |
| 23 | How often declared that I did not think I could possibly deserve my Pamela till I could show her a purity as nearly equal to hers . |
| 24 | Perhaps I could suggest her getting someone in to look after him and she could come for half time . |
| 25 | I could eat her up ’ , or ‘ I 'm not going to take that from him ; it sticks in my throat ’ . |
| 26 | The Singh children slept in their underpants , and she wondered whether I could lend her a ‘ night-dress ’ for Ravi and also a sponge . |
| 27 | She 's not a bad sort but there are times when I could shake her . ’ |
| 28 | For my part I would have to decide how much I could tell her without giving away Neil 's presence on Moila . |
| 29 | ‘ I could tell her I 'd sleep in the bathroom . ’ |
| 30 | I did n't feel I could tell her on my own . |