Example sentences of "she could [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she grappled with the staples she could feel inside the bag the firm shape of a book . |
| 2 | He was very fond of her but it strained imagination to see how she could fit into a policeman 's life . |
| 3 | If she could fit in a few days ' break in order to attend the wedding in Andorra she would , she promised , and Peter returned to Rocamar the next day , leaving Sarella to close one chapter of her life and get on with the next . |
| 4 | Then she laid down as many of the others as she could fit in the space . |
| 5 | Mrs Falconer , a senior lecturer in textiles , has been told there is funding for only one textile lecturer in the school , but that she could remain on the staff if she accepted demotion to ordinary lecturer — a post already held by her sister , Barbara Diack . |
| 6 | She has , however , been informed that she could remain on the RGU staff if she accepted a demotion to ordinary lecturer — the post held by her sister , Mrs Barbara Diack , who , in turn , would lose her job . |
| 7 | Besides , she could swim round the headland too , and vanish . |
| 8 | Johnny had moved to the far end of the room and she could no longer see him , but she could guess at the expression on his face . |
| 9 | A puppy with only one sprint at Harolds Cross on her Irish card , she could improve over the coming weeks . |
| 10 | Someone behind them coughed pointedly and they went quiet but Sally was wishing she could shout to the whole room : ‘ That 's my sister ! ’ |
| 11 | Auntie Lou said she could sew a piece of material on the bottom to lengthen the skirt but there was nothing she could do about the top and Carrie cried a little , privately , not because the dress was no use but because her mother should have guessed how much she had grown . |
| 12 | There seemed nothing she could do about the deeply dismaying , sick feelings of nervous excitement whenever she was anywhere near his tall , rangy figure . |
| 13 | Since there had been clearly nothing she could do about the situation , Laura had been forced to buckle down and do what she could to keep the twins happy . |
| 14 | To her mind , Lucy looked like she could do with a huge warm hug . |
| 15 | ‘ She could do with a bit of growing up , ’ observed Davyd , the shrewd Welsh gardener . |
| 16 | The girl looked as if she could do with a fairy godmother , or perhaps just a mother . |
| 17 | Sarah answered the door ; she wore a shabby blue woollen dress , her grey hair straggled and she looked as though she could do with a wash . |
| 18 | She could do with a glimpse into the future right now , she decided grimly , particularly since it seemed her irritating companion was intent on being obstructive , despite his apparent change of attitude . |
| 19 | She still felt a bit wobbly on her legs and she knew too that she could do with a holiday . |
| 20 | On the holiday side of it — well , from her point of view she could do with a respite from thinking about that interview . |
| 21 | She could do with the extra money . ’ |
| 22 | Herta sometimes looks as though she could do with the odd impotent interlude . |
| 23 | Coun Fishwick said there was not a lot she could do with the proclamation , adding it was county council business anyway . |
| 24 | She could do without a powerful , handsome French stepbrother , especially one who had used private detectives to find her . |
| 25 | She could do without the Romance and the Glamour , the heart-stopping uniform and the V.C. |
| 26 | The truth of the matter was that even before she had agreed to take over the club she had been plagued more and more by a feeling that she had done all she could do in the music business . |
| 27 | She prayed the guttering would hold her weight as she slowly hauled herself up until she could sit astride the peak of the roof . |
| 28 | And you know yesterday she had the nerve to ask me if she could sit at the end of our table . |
| 29 | She could sit in the armchairs : Marie had seen her . |
| 30 | ‘ He wanted her to go and buy some presentable clothes she could wear to the sort of smart restaurants he was taking her to . ’ |