Example sentences of "[subord] she could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Briefly , as she followed Lucenzo across the marble floor , she caught a glimpse inside a dark , spacious room where she could just make out the shape of elegant furniture and banners hanging from a painted ceiling lit by the light from the hall . |
| 2 | Dorcas pointed to the shadows at the far end of the shed , where she could just make out something big and indistinct . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There was the frightening sensation of being sucked into an invisible vortex , some dark cavern of the senses where she could no longer stand back and resist , where she could only feel … |
| 5 | ‘ Not the most brilliant thought you 've ever had , Flo , ’ Maria ventured tartly , moving away again , avoiding Luke 's eyes although she could literally feel the weight of his attention on her . |
| 6 | Although she could hardly speak , she had recently managed to express a wish to see me . |
| 7 | Cobalt 's mouth curved in his mischievous smile although she could only see her reflection in his lenses . |
| 8 | She could no more walk away from him now than she could voluntarily stop breathing . |
| 9 | He was much taller than her , and those broad shoulders could weather a much harder pounding than she could ever give him . |
| 10 | ‘ It said she hated having to give you up , she 'd hoped to keep you , but this way you 'd have more than she could ever give you , and she knew you 'd be loved , even as much as she loved you . |
| 11 | So she gazed and her finger traced the outlines of nymphs — thinner , higher cheek-boned than she could ever hope to be , garlanded with flowers , stepping barefoot through the forest ; and sometimes she saw an exhausted Venus , a hand below her belly , lying in a countryside where oxen were driven and ships set sail on uncharted seas . |
| 12 | Please heaven that she would n't find out that he was involved after all , because something warned her that that would be more than she could ever cope with . |
| 13 | Grainne lay in Raynor 's arms before the fire , warm and drowsy , and more deeply happy than she could ever remember being . |
| 14 | She felt physically fitter and more alive than she could ever remember . |
| 15 | She had no idea how long she stayed there , simply gazing into the beautiful sea-blue eyes which had become more important than life itself to her , but everything she saw there somehow made all of her doubts , all of her fears just slide away , leaving her lighter of heart than she could ever remember being . |
| 16 | Emily climbed down from the cab and stood looking uncertainly around her , World 's End was a far worse place than she could ever have imagined . |
| 17 | What he was saying hurt Shiona more than she could ever have believed possible . |
| 18 | At this stage , the child is able to achieve , in consort with a sympathetic adult , far more than she could possibly achieve alone . |
| 19 | Luke stayed away for two weeks , during which time Maria had convinced herself that she was unlikely ever to see him again without actively seeking him out , so she could only stare incredulously for several seconds when she opened her apartment door in response to the bell 's summons early on a Friday evening and found him standing there . |
| 20 | Well er firstly , he can , even if it 's his money give it to his wife as his partner , and she could then invest the money , and because she 's not paying any tax , er she could get a ten percent return , so she could actually get a thousand pounds on that ten thousand and that would be payable gross . |
| 21 | Rita had given up her fashion career when she had the children , so she could now divert her energies to tasks such as decorating and making curtains and other soft furnishings . |
| 22 | Nothing had changed , except she could now admit to her love . |
| 23 | She blew until she could barely see the shape of the social worker 's head through the pink bubble . |
| 24 | Cos she could never go on her own . |
| 25 | my mother always , I used to say to her was I born in a gale , cos she could never get me in if the wind was blowing |
| 26 | Araminta 's face screwed into a mask of rage and she breathed deeply , as if she could barely contain herself . |
| 27 | She felt as if she could even feel smoke , stale and greasy , in her hair . |
| 28 | She knew that if Phoebe needed her , if she could even imagine that Phoebe might ever need her , she would have no problem , no problem at all , dealing with Fenna . |
| 29 | If she could just stay on top … |
| 30 | Ronni wished an entire treeload of acacia blossom would fall on her if she could just experience again the thrilling touch of that hand . |