Example sentences of "she could [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her bush shirt was sticking to the small of her back and she could feel tiny rivulets of perspiration trickling between her breasts . |
| 2 | The door to her left was open slightly ; she could feel cold air blowing through . |
| 3 | There seemed to Sycorax a great need to placate the gods ; within the winding sheet of her bodily agony , she could feel another grief , that she had neglected them , had scorned the gifts they had lavished on her , taken them as they came instead of with gratitude due . |
| 4 | Since she had been working more or less at full stretch before she 'd been given the extra work to do , there was only one way she could fit more work into her day , and that was by working late at the office , then going home with a bulging briefcase . |
| 5 | When this practice was questioned , the auxiliary protested that all the patients had their own bowls so she knew what they had eaten but that using one spoon was quicker , as she could feed more people at once . |
| 6 | The amber eyes looked deeply into hers and she was drowning , out of her emotional depth , before she could draw another breath . |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps I may be permitted to take you , ’ Lubor jumped in before she could draw another breath . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're sure of that , are you ? ’ he slammed into her before she could draw another breath . |
| 9 | Sitting up straight-backed on her stool , she could flatter two men at once and still be watching a third in a mirror ; she could keep tabs on the whole shifting choreography at once . |
| 10 | By constructing her life the way she did , she evaded many of the usual controls and sanctions that governed the lives of women , her obedience was given directly to God , and her claim was that only she could interpret that obedience . |
| 11 | The worst moment of all , he thought , had been at a quarter to nine that morning , when he had been roused from the bottom depths of heavy , dream-tangled sleep by the door bell , and when , having stumbled across the room , still not knowing where he was or what was happening , he had found Mrs. Mounce at the door , asking if she could do any shopping for them . |
| 12 | Had n't she pretended , deliberately , to be younger than she was so she could do these things under the guise of innocence ? |
| 13 | When offered a post in the Labour government of 1964 she refused , saying that she could do more fighting for the government in Liverpool . |
| 14 | But before she could form any question Sally burst into the kitchen again , breathless ; the words tumbling out : |
| 15 | Really , she could wear sleeveless dresses if she wanted to . |
| 16 | She could wear longer trains on her high-waisted gowns , and longer toes on her shoes . |
| 17 | Her dress sense was faultless and Félix had taught her that she could wear eye-catching colours that she would n't have thought of choosing for herself . |
| 18 | She could wear shorter dresses than her older rivals , an advantage in court coverage . |
| 19 | For the first time , the queen mother was not given the chance to show whether she could exercise responsible control or not . |
| 20 | Maybe she could trade some haulage klicks for the crystal and take along a couple of pods on the open market , legit , for the fine . |
| 21 | After all , she was not now responsible for anyone else , so she could throw good sense and caution to the winds . |
| 22 | Harriet , still grieving and perplexed and unable to obtain any further information from Liza , asked Edna outright if she could throw any light on the matter . |
| 23 | In the soap factory , pineapple canning factory , anywhere she could earn quick motley . |
| 24 | From his inertness and his light breathing she could tell that Dmitri was asleep . |
| 25 | She could not sing , she said , not really , but she could tell some stories for her supper . |
| 26 | Once she had believed she could control these feelings , but in reality that was proving not so easy to do . |
| 27 | Looking around her , she could perceive little difference in the appearance of the gardens since her last visit . |
| 28 | ‘ Eh ? ’ said Bella , surprised out of her personal nightmare : the one where she sat , in a big room , unable to move , imprisoned in her crippled body , surrounded by a sea of senile faces , while a pitying young woman stuck a baby 's cup between her toothless gums so that she could suck lukewarm tea out of it . |
| 29 | Perdita did n't think she could eat another thing , but the figs in syrup that followed were so delicious she was soon piling on great dollops of cream . |
| 30 | She could sing classical music quite well , and play the piano , but it was the Greek folk-tunes I remember best . |