Example sentences of "she could not [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could not think that , and in a way the question was senseless . |
| 2 | She could not imagine that she had ever been the first person . |
| 3 | Yet she could not deny that her heart tilted inside her as he reached for her hand once more and assured her , ‘ I 'm as free as you are . |
| 4 | Though her temper had run away with her , and she had sent him away , she could not deny that the grim coldness of his departure had left a barren place in her heart . |
| 5 | And yet , she could not apply that anger to jealousy , she could not storm out across the field and challenge Wynne-Jones 's daughter for the body of the man they both , in their own ways , loved . |
| 6 | Even now , she could not accept that it was over , that the deception had to end . |
| 7 | Horribly frightened by this time , for she could not believe that Susan would have gone out of the house , she ran into the kitchen , and stopped short at the sight of the familiar figure sitting crouched in front of the fire . |
| 8 | She could not believe that her daughter would let her down by swearing in public . |
| 9 | She stood staring down at the fresh earth of the new grave , at the wooden cross bearing her mother 's name and she could not believe that this nightmare was real . |
| 10 | She was puzzled only by the unmistakable largesse of the confidence proffered to her , because try as she might , she could not persuade herself that Clelia could talk like this , so wittily and intimately and inquiringly , to everyone ; she could not believe that she could talk like this to many . |
| 11 | She could not believe that Pat was ready to go off now , at this thrilling moment when fabulous happenings seemed imminent . |
| 12 | She saw it was herself , there on the canvas ; in fact it was so much herself that she could not believe that she could be both people , one here on the studio floor and one sitting there clasping her knees , her eyes lost in faraway visions , her white feet on wet black rocks against which little waves were breaking in plumes of spray . |
| 13 | And she could not believe that he would marry Honoria Greville , might even throw her off if he knew what she had done , which was to lose him his heiress . |
| 14 | She could not understand that he preferred to work things out for himself ‘ by the feel ’ . |