Example sentences of "she could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His light eyes swept in quick appraisal from her new hairstyle to the sandals which graced her nyloned feet , before he opened the door leading to the patio , standing back so she could precede him . |
| 2 | If she could trust one human , he felt , she could achieve anything . |
| 3 | Sliding into the warmth he had just left , inhaling the scent of him on the pillows , surrounded by his clothes , books and possessions , she could feel her resolve to keep him at arm 's length ebbing relentlessly away . |
| 4 | She could feel her breathing quicken . |
| 5 | He pressed against her , and she could feel him hard against her . |
| 6 | She could feel him shaking , the tremors running down into her arms . |
| 7 | She could feel him trembling with fever and cold , although he was close to the fire which burned merrily now . |
| 8 | She could feel him looking at her . |
| 9 | She could feel him hesitating , shoulders hunching with the sense of something wrong . |
| 10 | She could feel him behind now . |
| 11 | The stark desire in his face threatened to take what strength she had left , nor did he make any attempt to hide the blatant response of his body to that consuming , passionate kiss , continuing to hold her so tightly that she could feel him with every part of her being , could still taste him inside her mouth . |
| 12 | She could feel him there , inches away . |
| 13 | She could feel him shrinking by the second . |
| 14 | She could feel him patting her face . |
| 15 | She could feel him find the ring on her third finger , the one Peter had found in the snow one day and thrown across the shop counter to her when nobody had come to claim it . |
| 16 | Fran sat down , keeping her eyes lowered so that she would n't have to meet Luke 's eyes across the table , but she could feel him watching her . |
| 17 | She could feel her mother s irritation rise to balance the calmness that her grandmother threw over the fight . |
| 18 | She was , now , trembling and shuddering , her heart was beating violently , she could feel her scarlet blazing face . |
| 19 | She could feel her cheeks burning as girls she 'd been to the convent school with in Naas said , ‘ Welcome , mam ’ and some had slyness in their smiles . |
| 20 | She could feel her heart thumping and was sure that people would see its movement beneath her dress . |
| 21 | It was a strange thing , really strange to her , that she could feel her underclothes against her body . |
| 22 | She could feel her chest swelling with the joy of it . |
| 23 | She could feel her face puckering , about to cry . |
| 24 | She could feel her heart banging like an old engine . |
| 25 | This seemingly innocuous question acted upon Liz with the effect of an instant anaesthetic : as she began to answer , she could feel her jaw growing rigid in mid-word . |
| 26 | At the same time she could feel her neck muscles being strained . |
| 27 | She could feel her mouth trembling with reaction . |
| 28 | She could feel her skin , corroding . |
| 29 | She could feel her heart sink . |
| 30 | She could feel her heart thumping that little bit faster against her ribs . |