Example sentences of "she could make " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could make a move in about twenty minutes . |
| 2 | She could make up a story , say she suffered temporary amnesia , or that she was knocked unconscious by thieves and all her money was gone , but she doubted she could make it sound believable . |
| 3 | She could make up a story , say she suffered temporary amnesia , or that she was knocked unconscious by thieves and all her money was gone , but she doubted she could make it sound believable . |
| 4 | My friend had wanted specifically to talk to a specialist , so she could make up her own mind about surgery . |
| 5 | She could make a small amount singing , or whatever . |
| 6 | She wished she could see Bella 's face properly , but the shadows were thick and all she could make out was the outline of a head . |
| 7 | So all she said to Bella , in a voice as flat and indifferent as she could make it , was : ‘ Do n't be silly . |
| 8 | If she tried hard enough , surely she could make it all , the car and the people , vanish into thin air , like one of her fantasies ? |
| 9 | The Warden had robbed her of her rightful position of importance in the drama , but at least she could make herself feel better by taking this girl down a peg or two . |
| 10 | It was mesmerizing to watch her , to see if she could make it . |
| 11 | Stray images wandered into her unfocussed mind : the glossy black heads of seals breaking the sea 's surface , the castle with knights riding out — She could make pictures of the Lock in her head again ! |
| 12 | She did not know what assumptions she could make . |
| 13 | At the edge of hearing , as she turned back into her room , she could make out the shuffling of crockery . |
| 14 | She was Labour , she said , but was n't sure she could make it to the polls . |
| 15 | It was dark down below , but she could make out the shapes of beer kegs . |
| 16 | She could make out the man now . |
| 17 | If he did n't get this across to her properly and she chose to be obstructive she could make so many complications that the very project could be damaged . |
| 18 | She was confident that she could make her mark on the Rummidge Department in three years . |
| 19 | Martha longed to show off her advancement in reading and writing , for which she had been noted in the valley , and was bewildered and humiliated when she could make no sense of the books she was given . |
| 20 | She could make him . |
| 21 | Colin Thubron , traveller and award-winning travel writer , was influenced by Freya Stark 's style : ‘ I was absolutely fascinated by the way she could make certain words shine . ’ |
| 22 | It was n't a slum terrace , as she had expected , but from what she could make out through the moonlight they were good working-class houses , each with its small rectangle of iron-railed garden in front . |
| 23 | So dim was it under the trees that she had to get close up before she could make certain that the second figure was a nine . |
| 24 | Jo always had had the gift of the gab , she could make a stone laugh doing her imitation of Mr Silver trying to get her up behind the cloakroom door . |
| 25 | She smiled up at him , wishing she could will the tension out of his body , wishing she could make him relax that guard . |
| 26 | But she had thought that she could make something of him and that small semi-detached house outside Norwich represented nine months of hard work and achievement . |
| 27 | It shocked her that she could make such a cool analysis of the situation . |
| 28 | Perhaps Elena thought that if she was in sole charge she could make a proper tyrant out of him . |
| 29 | Eve was so strange , she could make up tales and then , when everyone had got interested , she would say , ‘ Fooled you ’ . |
| 30 | After all , if it were to be something to mark the beginning of a new stage in her life , then she could make it clear that this new life would n't involve any further outings with him . |