Example sentences of "she could [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remark was tinged with the suggestion that she would like a witness , apart from Marshall whom she could reasonably assume to be biased in Wickham 's favour . |
| 2 | She could hear the beating of his heart and she closed her eyes , thankful for his presence for she could not bear to be alone , not now , not yet . |
| 3 | Mademoiselle do believe me , begged Mary-Lou in despair , for she could not bear to be scolded like that . |
| 4 | He had been cunning , arriving so early that she could not pretend to be rushing to work . |
| 5 | But she was not the same as them , she could not pretend to be . |
| 6 | Sara did not care to be beholden to Matthew Preston for even one pupil , but she knew at this moment she could not afford to be choosey . |
| 7 | He backed away from her in mock fear , but he was still laughing at her and though she meant every word , she could n't continue to be angry with him . |
| 8 | Marion whispered and turned away because she could n't bear to be there when something died , when all the love that she had bottled up inside herself evaporated like liquid left out in the sun . |
| 9 | That meant she could n't bear to be touched . |
| 10 | Lydia thought moodily that she could n't hope to be as boring as Dr Wyn if she tried all night . |
| 11 | She could n't pretend to be sophisticated and flippant and terribly cool any more . |
| 12 | She could n't wait to be back under the lights again with all eyes on her . |
| 13 | ‘ Last time she could n't wait to be rid of us . |
| 14 | She would n't rush back — that might imply she could n't wait to be with him again — but on the other hand she did n't want to leave it too long ; there were plenty of women , Melissa included , she had noticed , who had had their limpet-like eyes firmly glued to his face . |
| 15 | But , as he drew the car up outside her hotel and turned to look at her , Fabia knew that she could n't afford to be infuriated . |
| 16 | But she could n't afford to be angry — or to offend him again , she realised , and took a deep and calming breath . |
| 17 | Or perhaps she thought she could always pretend to be a relative and come and claim me from the hospital . |
| 18 | There she found herself ensconced in a huge grey suede and chrome armchair , clutching a hefty measure of Scotch , and staring blankly around at what she could only assume to be the ‘ minimalist ’ style of interior decoration . |
| 19 | So she gazed and her finger traced the outlines of nymphs — thinner , higher cheek-boned than she could ever hope to be , garlanded with flowers , stepping barefoot through the forest ; and sometimes she saw an exhausted Venus , a hand below her belly , lying in a countryside where oxen were driven and ships set sail on uncharted seas . |
| 20 | She could hardly bear to be contradicted , and no good mother , in my mother 's view , would send her child to stay with a daft person . |