Example sentences of "she could [not/n't] [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 ’ . |
| 15 | But she could n't lit that self-contained assurance and elegance with this lost and hopeless sobbing . |
| 16 | She followed him , buffeted by the gale of other cars arriving , but she could n't walk that fast in her new-won skirts . |
| 17 | As her weight loss was so gradual she could n't believe that this was the cause so she attributed the benefit to the diet itself . |
| 18 | She could n't believe that anyone as nice as Angelica could have been mixed up in an insurance swindle . |
| 19 | She could n't believe that the parents were totally unaware of their daughter 's remarkable talents . |
| 20 | She could n't believe that she was n't in the baker 's next door . |
| 21 | She could n't believe that the catastrophe of Timothy Gedge was not somehow due to other people , and the circumstances created by other people . |
| 22 | She could n't believe that she had actually thought him human occasionally . |
| 23 | She wanted the record to last forever , because somehow she could n't believe that this incredible moment would ever be repeated again — surely she would never feel such anticipation , such sharp , glorious pleasure . |
| 24 | She could n't believe that Carolyn had done that . |
| 25 | She could n't believe that it had all stopped , the misery , the anguish , the self-recrimination . |
| 26 | She could n't believe that what Greg Bradshaw had said was true and that David Markham was seriously interested in her , even though , she had to admit , there had been moments when she had wondered , but she was n't prepared to take any chances . |
| 27 | I mean I spoke to Jane the other Sunday and I , I said to her you know , just be honest , I said I do n't care what you said , but just be honest and tell me how much you think I weigh , cos she does n't know how much I weigh and she thought I weighed about ten stone , I said well stick thirteen pounds on top of that , then you 'll be right , she could n't believe that I , that I weighed that much , so obviously it does n't look that bad and people at work , well they 've noticed that I 've lost weight , but they do n't say how much they think I weigh , so I do n't want come to them to sort of , have a , have a g have a guess of my weight . |
| 28 | Yet , she could n't say that she disliked him , or the other one , come to that . |
| 29 | Last night 's lovemaking had changed everything for Sarella herself ; she had never guessed it could be like that , and she could n't imagine that it might not have been as earth-shattering for Marc too . |
| 30 | She could n't accept that Christ ’ s body could be present in the sacrament and at the same time physically in heaven at God 's right hand . |