Example sentences of "she could give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Beattie , on the other hand was a free spirit by comparison but even she was conditioned by her class and her religion — she could give nothing away for nothing . |
| 2 | She could give him a room with a bed , and her asking price for it was only a little above that of Mrs McIntosh , and much less than the inn . |
| 3 | She could put him into the scale alongside Joseph and Tarquin Poulteney-Crosse whom she believed culpable of murder , or she could give him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 4 | So that when , one evening , Sally-Anne , radiant in pink and silver , a fortune in pearls around her neck , the mere sight of which made Havvie salivate internally , was gently led by him into a conservatory — at the Keppels ' this time — and proposed to , there was only one answer which she could give him , and that , of course , was yes . |
| 5 | Well , perhaps she could give him something to think about . |
| 6 | She opened her mouth to suggest that perhaps she could give him dinner at her hotel — and thereby eliminate any possibility of him putting his arm around her in his car — then found that she was suggesting nothing of the sort , but was asking , ‘ Did Mr Gajdusek ask you to invite me out ? ’ and was at once appalled that , Ven all too clearly not far away in her head , she had asked such a thing ! |
| 7 | There was probably a perfectly simple explanation , if only she could give her mind to it , but for the moment she seemed incapable of logical thought . |
| 8 | Elizabeth knew that I was unhappy , but she was sure she could give me happiness . |
| 9 | Police officers were at the girl 's hospital bedside hoping she could give them more details of the attack . |
| 10 | She had bought some cigarettes for John and was wondering when she could give them to him . |
| 11 | ‘ The one about absence making the heart grow fonder of the girl next door , ’ Lucy quipped , the words slipping out before she could give them sufficient consideration . |
| 12 | Now she thought that she could give it up for three weeks in the Italian sun . |
| 13 | Into Lucy 's keeping , so she could give it to him and with it , he could challenge the system that had tormented him and millions of the innocent . |
| 14 | I could n't understand how she could give you up , do n't you see ? |
| 15 | Well she could give you one of hers . |
| 16 | Robbie could n't tell what he was thinking , but her mind was only on the goal ahead , some private spot where their lovemaking could be renewed , where she could give herself up to him and all the promised delights his body offered hers . |
| 17 | She could give herself to him . |