Example sentences of "she could [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And his mother , anxious when she could not make contact with him , reported him missing nine days later . |
| 2 | ‘ I can only think she decided she could not marry Fabien after all , but could not bear to tell him so either . |
| 3 | She could not offer advice as a grandmother , despite her long experience of children ; and now her own children had ceased to confide in her ‘ because they felt that the time had come when I ought to be ‘ spared ’ every possible worry . |
| 4 | A CHARGE of rape on a mentally handicapped girl was dropped yesterday after a judge ruled she could not give evidence against her alleged attacker . |
| 5 | Once she was there it would require a tremendous effort of will to get her back to London — except that she could not leave Holly in charge for more than a day ; and except that she was avid for information about the murder inquiry ; and except that there were any number of good stories she wanted to pursue for the column and any amount of private gossip she wanted to hear . |
| 6 | Having got this joke out of the way , she was then told no she could not have money for food , but she could have cash for a carpet . |
| 7 | After a restless few hours ' sleep , Fabia awakened to daylight and the concrete knowledge that for her sister 's sake she could not accept defeat on that interview issue . |
| 8 | ( Who ever heard of a mother falling so ill she could not take care of her household , whereas everywhere there were men drunk , mad , gaoled , old , worn out-who had become as children again to their wives ? ) |
| 9 | On page 13 MARY BAILEY already has the cichlids — but if she could just get hold of a six foot tank … |
| 10 | It was not that she could n't contemplate marriage to anyone other than Will . |
| 11 | But she could n't stop thinking of David in his white coat , visiting the patients , touching them , and this was where her thoughts made her tingle all over , and she had to set her mind to something else . |
| 12 | She could n't see Miguelito from here , but she had seen enough . |
| 13 | Now she could n't imagine life without him . |
| 14 | Although she knew they were both wrong she could n't apportion blame to either of them , not yet , at any rate ; the only thing she knew at the moment was that what she had heard tied her to this house and the business as if she had signed a contract giving away her life . |
| 15 | But a wallet would contain all sorts of personal items which she could n't get hold of . |
| 16 | She could n't accept help from him . |
| 17 | Looking back to the time when she could n't find reverse on her company car , Alison contrasted this with her new job responsibilities : ‘ Now I 'm driving over 2,500 miles a month , much of it spent on the M25 . |
| 18 | Oddly , despite her own feelings towards Rune , she could still feel sympathy for the other girl . |
| 19 | Just so long as the two of them were involved professionally , she was at ease with him , but once that link was severed , she could only feel antagonism towards him . |
| 20 | There was so much about her that Louise admired , she could only suspend judgement on the rest . |
| 21 | It terrified her , that she could so lose control in the arms of this man who was everything she despised , who despised her , who wanted her for what he thought she was . |