Example sentences of "she could be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when he would not be persuaded that Rain had no more for him , she mentioned Georgie and Joey and wished she could be aboard Perfidia when Berg cornered them , as he surely would . |
| 2 | Wayne knew how finicky she could be about place and mood , but this plan was one which had all objections beaten before they could even be raised . |
| 3 | Well she could be for all we know . |
| 4 | She could be at home or she could be up in the wood still . |
| 5 | It was n't badly paid , and she could be at home when the children came back from school , and get their tea . |
| 6 | If she was quick she could be at Holywood before him , to change and have a bath . |
| 7 | She could be with Franky but there was nowhere they could go to eat , drink or dance . |
| 8 | If only she could be with her , give her a hug , the affection and understanding she needed , at the same time trying to make her see that issuing ultimatums inevitably led to war — whether it was between countries or lovers ! |
| 9 | Yeah , but then the times when she could be with him she 's buzzing around in the car so what |
| 10 | With a bit more luck , train services willing , she could be in and out of Mariánské Láznë today , and , even if she had to fit in a visit to that garage near Františkovy Láznë , by nightfall she could be across the Czechoslovakian border and on her way home to England . |
| 11 | She could be as in either . |
| 12 | ‘ She could be on another floor . ’ |
| 13 | Put like that , it seemed a simple enough equation , and at least now , she thought , she could be on her guard , would not let anything get in the way of level-headed logic . |
| 14 | This only ought to take a couple of minutes , then she could be on her way to find out more about the attic . |
| 15 | ‘ She could be on leave , ’ he suggested evasively . |
| 16 | She looked as if she could be on the cover of a fashion magazine . |
| 17 | Suddenly too , as a kind of tension caught at her , she knew that while , because of her love for Ven , she could be on very shaky ground here , she must be brave , and stay no matter what , and hear him out . |
| 18 | If one such had done the deed , she could be of no assistance in the enquiries . |
| 19 | Isobel found herself fascinated by the diversity and challenge of Edouard 's work ; she also quickly found that she could be of help to him . |
| 20 | Now , however , she felt that she could be of some help . |
| 21 | She hinted that she could be of more help to them than her brother , provided that they left him alone in his present state of health . |
| 22 | And then , when she looked at the high terrace with its pots of trailing geraniums , she could see nothing for the shadow was so intense — not the pale blob of a face or the movement of a hand — but she was suddenly as sure as she could be of anything that someone was standing there , looking down , waiting for them to get out of the car and watching them . |
| 23 | She went to see if she could be of any use . |
| 24 | It can put pressure on her family , on her children , er put pressure on her at work in her job situation and she could be under a lot of harassment . |
| 25 | Or perhaps she could be like Merlyn Joseph and find herself a rich man who would install her in a yacht . |
| 26 | They were saying about they keep asking her because she could be like page three models in the newspaper , she was like very even this really and then she just said I keep on going toilet and she 'd , she 'd then puke up in the toilet and she 'd come back and there were all these bite marks so her parents could see when she was doing it . |
| 27 | At least she could be near other people , even if she dare n't get close . |
| 28 | Driven to such a pitch , by now she would have welcomed mere affection — if it meant she could be by his side some time . |
| 29 | ‘ She 's fine , Mum , or at least as fine as she could be in the circumstances . |
| 30 | If she went home and packed a bag , she could be in New York tomorrow . |