Example sentences of "that she could [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wished that she could rely on him and wondered where she had acquired such unrealistic expectations . |
| 2 | She said , coolly , that she could manage on her own in the kitchen now . |
| 3 | Mrs Falconer , a senior lecturer in textiles , has been told there is funding for only one textile lecturer in the school , but that she could remain on the staff if she accepted demotion to ordinary lecturer — a post already held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
| 4 | She has , however , been informed that she could remain on the RGU staff if she accepted a demotion to ordinary lecturer — the post held by her sister , Mrs Barbara Diack , who , in turn , would lose her job . |
| 5 | Mrs Falconer is facing compulsory redundancy and has been told that she could stay on the staff if she accepts demotion to ordinary lecturer — a post already held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
| 6 | I suggested to her that she could sit on it . |
| 7 | The president , Cory Aquino , confirmed weeks of rumour on March 21st when she said that the ban on Mrs Marcos would be lifted so that she could go on trial in Manila , but only when the government had decided what to charge her with . |
| 8 | She did n't know where this conversation was leading , but gut feeling told her that she could bank on the destination 's being rather unpleasant . |