Example sentences of "she could [vb infin] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A puppy with only one sprint at Harolds Cross on her Irish card , she could improve over the coming weeks . |
| 2 | Someone behind them coughed pointedly and they went quiet but Sally was wishing she could shout to the whole room : ‘ That 's my sister ! ’ |
| 3 | Herta sometimes looks as though she could do with the odd impotent interlude . |
| 4 | She could do with the extra money . ’ |
| 5 | She was half-turned from him , letting her eyes follow the beams and wishing she could drift through the open doors as easily as the nets lifted in the seasonless breeze . |
| 6 | She could tell from the small lumps of matter floating on its vermilion surface . |
| 7 | It was still early , as she could tell from the light filtering through her curtains , and she narrowed her eyes at the sight of a cross Dana , who was obviously prepared to shake her again . |
| 8 | Her head shot up — it was all of her that she could move in the confined space — and blue eyes locked with sleepy brown ones . |
| 9 | Another correspondent asked for cheap tracts which she could distribute to the poor as the middle class were already knowledgeable . |
| 10 | She had been reluctant to put it away , wishing she had no other commitments so that she could continue with the next chapter and looking forward to getting down to work again the following morning . |
| 11 | She stopped , then reversed back a few feet until she could turn into the open gateway . |
| 12 | If she could get to the main hall , she could automatically open the gates from the instrument panel by the front door . |
| 13 | She obeyed and he watched with still , dark eyes until she was as far as she could get from the trembling animal . |
| 14 | He probably would n't be very interested in what she had to say , but at least he would be near her and she could dwell upon the handsome face which was exactly as she had remembered it . |
| 15 | That she could deal with the philosophical and ideological issues related to women 's position in the family is evident from the poem ‘ Man the Monarch ’ in which she debunks the view that men 's sovereignty over women derives from Adam : |
| 16 | Unless she could dispose of the same modern means of transport and production , the same machinery and armaments , Russia could not hope to uphold her political independence . |
| 17 | I was halfway across the floor of this valley when Ann came running past ; when I say running , I mean as fast as she could stumble over the uneven ground , pack on her back , carrying her fishing-rod . |
| 18 | At least she could revel in the bright meanings in which Friend had painted her , had accepted her . |
| 19 | Joanne began to focus on what she could see as the positive aspects of the new approach , and while she did not specifically identify them as such , they were related to the process objectives within the scheme of work . |
| 20 | His jacket fell open , revealing the strong contours of his chest under the thin white cotton of his shirt , and Fran found her eyes drawn to the faint shadow of body hair she could see beneath the thin fabric . |
| 21 | What little hair he had shone with a silver sheen in the lamplight and she could see in the crumpled , brick-red face , the likeness of Stephen . |
| 22 | Worse still , she had married into a life so public that at times she felt there was no place on earth where she could escape from the prying eyes . |
| 23 | This was the time she enjoyed most ; when she could relax in the cosy drawing room , with its pale green walls and deep floral armchairs , and with the cheery fire-glow sending out waves of warmth that made her deliciously sleepy . |
| 24 | Moving slowly as though she could put off the dreaded moment forever , she changed into her favourite show costume — a long glittery number in gold . |