Example sentences of "she could not be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could not be certain that Phoebe wanted her and needed her . |
| 2 | But although she said it she could not be certain that it was true . |
| 3 | She could not be certain that she wanted it to be true . |
| 4 | She could not bind herself personally , with the result that she could not be made a bankrupt , unless she was carrying on a trade . |
| 5 | If she truly loved someone , she could not be indifferent to the fate of other people , because her beloved would be dependent on that fate , he would be part of it , and she could no longer feel that mankind 's torments , its wars and holidays , were none of her concern . |
| 6 | There was another small silence which Clarissa found she could not be the first to break . |
| 7 | She could not be to Pen as Minnie was to Miss Arabel since there was a mother in between but she had a great desire to see her former charge treat her as freely when he reached manhood . |
| 8 | Sam was more than ever convinced that she could not be . |
| 9 | A citizen could be arrested without a warrant under the Deer Act 1963 , the Town Gardens Protection Act 1863 , or the Public Stores Act 1875 for ‘ obliterating marks denoting that property in stores is HM property ’ , but he or she could not be directly apprehended for an indecent assault on a woman . |
| 10 | He or she could not be expected to emerge simply as the result of exposure to the properly approved values , though such exposure was crucial , hence the importance of suitable club workers , in particular those with a public-school background . |
| 11 | It would need only fifty feet either way , and she could not be seen . |
| 12 | All she really wanted , if she could not be in his presence , was to be left alone so that she could recall and relive in her mind every moment of that morning 's encounter , and dream about what the future might hold for her . |
| 13 | A Hollywoood spokesman for Kidman said she could not be contacted . |
| 14 | Under her contract of employment Mrs Lee was ‘ not mobile ’ ( i.e. she could not be required to move ) and the employer had committed a fundamental breach of the contract . |
| 15 | He 'd made it abundantly clear that Hari was of no account in the community , that she could not be trusted to carry any weight with lawyers and the like . |
| 16 | Though if they were for young William or for herself , she could not be sure . |
| 17 | This remark she delivered with the immense complacency of the wise virgin ; Clara could not help but feel that having men in only when things went wrong was not as wildly eccentric as her mother supposed , but as she knew no other way , no other world , she could not be sure . |
| 18 | She could not be sure of it , but just after he entered , she thought she heard footsteps going softly away down the corridor . |
| 19 | By a respondent 's notice dated 25 January 1992 the defendant sought that the judgment be affirmed on the additional ground that she was a residential occupier within the meaning of section 27 of the Act of 1988 because her right to remain in occupation was controlled by the Rent Act 1977 so that she could not be evicted except by enforcement of the possession order by a bailiff executing a warrant for possession , whether or not her statutory tenancy had been terminated by the possession order . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , Clare lay off the path in a place where the ground dipped , so she could not be seen . |
| 21 | She could not be surprised any more . |
| 22 | Surely she could not be jealous of Cora-Beth , he thought ? |
| 23 | She wished she could lay claim to a migraine but knew that Betty would not let her , that anyway even she could not be so mannerless as to absent herself from her own picnic , and that even if she did have a blinding migraine she would still have to go . |
| 24 | Raynor said softly , ‘ But you are so beautiful that men would die for you , ’ and Grainne looked up , startled , because the words had been so soft that she could not be sure she had heard them correctly , yet she knew she had . |
| 25 | Urquhart widened his eyes slightly , whether as a gesture of surprise or warning — since the waiter came up behind her just then and was about to remove their dirty plates — she could not be sure . |
| 26 | She could not be issued with a warrant for her visit . |
| 27 | She searched the hazy , unfocused faces to see if she could find Johnny amongst them , but she could not be sure . |
| 28 | Once she had accepted that she could not be buried in King Tut 's pyramid with her possessions heaped around her , she positively relished broadcasting who was to get what ‘ after I 'm gone ’ . |
| 29 | His face was only inches from hers but she could not be certain whether he was sarcastic . |
| 30 | By stating her views on the way out she could not be accused of empire building on her own behalf . |