Example sentences of "she manage [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could she manage to face another day ? |
| 2 | Despite her efforts to be helpful and well-behaved , Mildred had an uncanny knack of appearing to be the cause of any trouble which was occurring , and it must be admitted that there were occasions ( particularly when her rather wild imagination ran away with her ) when she managed to turn some peaceful event into a scene of total chaos . |
| 3 | She managed to imbue this last phrase with a certain pitying incomprehension . |
| 4 | Lydia was n't actually desperately hungry but she managed to eat most of the pheasant , making vulgar noises of gastronomic appreciation . |
| 5 | In gale force winds , and weighed down by a camera around her neck , she just missed bringing us back a prize but she managed to capture some winning shots . |
| 6 | Henrietta ( Hetty to her friends , of whom Liz was not one ) embarrassed her , she could never say why : she represented pain , failure , tedium , though not in her own person : somehow , magically , she managed to transfer these attributes to those with whom she conversed , while herself remaining poised and indeed complacent , secure of admiration . |
| 7 | Mother was really a good cook but that oven was not exactly reliable — indeed , I do not know how she managed to get such nice things out of it . |
| 8 | And I thought I do n't know how she manages to back that down , but she does , and it 's a long drive like that int it ? |
| 9 | Her school is very good with time as well and she manages to get most of her work done . |
| 10 | In winning in Jersey , for example , she had never slept , nor had she managed to keep any food down . |