Example sentences of "she could [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made her way towards the small window table selected for her the previous evening , but before she could sit down Silas came to her side . |
| 2 | She could detect only agony : her eardrums rupturing under the pressure ; something cracking and tearing free , deep in her chest . |
| 3 | Eve was so strange , she could make up tales and then , when everyone had got interested , she would say , ‘ Fooled you ’ . |
| 4 | There was n't a tree in sight , but nearer the cliff edge she could make out carpets of thrift and sea-campion , and yearned to explore . |
| 5 | Hector , who came and went at will through her open chamber door , was in turn barking and yelping , and she could make out Mrs Diggory 's voice . |
| 6 | The rest was darker although she could make out shapes . |
| 7 | ‘ Well ? ’ he barked , clearly not ecstatic that she thought she could lay down conditions . |
| 8 | She could visualise only dimness and silence , and Hywel in a state of wrathful wonder at finding that alien woman , his wife , in his mother 's house . |
| 9 | That was the most personally evocative thing of all , Sabine thought , wincing , and she could understand why Hugh had always shied away from clearing out his wife 's things . |
| 10 | She could understand why Isabelle had wanted none of it and chosen Les Hiboux instead . |
| 11 | She could read up Guillain-Barré Syndrome . |
| 12 | But she could reel out pages of verbal textbook at the mention of any subject . |
| 13 | She could see why Ian did too . |
| 14 | She could see her qualities ; she could see why Bob liked her . |
| 15 | Then the boat went down between the waves and she could see only mountains of wild water everywhere . |
| 16 | Not that , given the same set of circumstances , she could see how Cara would have fared any better . |
| 17 | She was horrified ; not only because she could see how Beth had thoroughly exhausted herself , but because she had been taken on two weeks ago by Mr Miller , who had told her categorically , ‘ I do n't want Mrs Miller tackling any of the heavier domestic tasks , you understand ? |
| 18 | Would she could rub out Warren Caswell 's loathed features ! |
| 19 | She wished she could ring up John Coffin to ask what they wanted . |
| 20 | The girl spent a long time wondering whether she could pluck up courage to mention she 'd thought of going to the Swimming Gala if her mother really felt there was nothing she could do . |