Example sentences of "she could [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw no sequence in what was happening , and no coherence , but she knew it was there to be seen , if only she could achieve the right angle of vision . |
| 2 | She could feel the dark eyes boring into the back of her neck . |
| 3 | Now she could feel the solid muscle of her daughter 's arms and she wanted to lean against her and draw comfort and strength ; but she pulled away and looked at Phoebe with that straight , clear , appraising look that was her hallmark . |
| 4 | She could feel the separate movements of hundreds of small pointed stones through the sole of her shoe . |
| 5 | She could feel the strong beat of his heart , the warmth of his body , smell the masculine scent of him , and still she was not frightened , for this was Dr Neil , was it not , and why should she be frightened of him ? |
| 6 | Even barely touching him , she could feel the taut power of the muscles beneath her hand . |
| 7 | She could feel the uneven thump of her heart through the silky , Oriental-patterned material of her blouse , while her brain was whirring … |
| 8 | She could feel the warm strength of his body against hers as he ushered her out of the cabin , one hand against her back as the lift doors opened . |
| 9 | She could feel the warm brush of his breath and smell the maleness of him . |
| 10 | She could feel the great flight of the dragon and sensed that she was high in air and travelling fast towards the sunset ; she could feel the great muscles of the dragon 's wings send ripplings down the stomach walls and she gave herself over to death . |
| 11 | She could feel the great flight of the dragon and sensed that she was high in air and travelling fast towards the sunset ; she could feel the great muscles of the dragon 's wings send ripplings down the stomach walls and she gave herself over to death . |
| 12 | She could feel the accelerated thud of his heart . |
| 13 | Daisy was sweating for him , and as he stumbled over the word ‘ pomegranates ’ , she could feel the collective good will of the painted ladies in the congregation urging him home like the favourite in the Grand National . |
| 14 | Isabel could n't see his face , but she could feel the murderous ferocity emanating from him . |
| 15 | In a still moment of total blackness she could feel the sinewed strength , the velvet softness of the dragon 's tripes . |
| 16 | And to cap it all she could feel the ominous beginnings of a thundering headache . |
| 17 | She could feel the almost-accidental brush of his hand against her hair and felt herself flood with a warmth deeper and more insistent than the scalding heat of the water in which they were immersed . |
| 18 | He passed her by without a glance , but she could feel the cold waves of antipathy issuing from him , and shivered . |
| 19 | Fox closed her shields down , tighter and harder than ever before , so that even her timesense was cut off , but still , now that Mouse had betrayed it , still she could feel the shimmery fragile links running between her and this stupid lackwit empath , this mutant mongrel animal — |
| 20 | Now she could feel the tell-tale simmering of indignation deep inside , and knew that with very little provocation this bad mood could develop into a Class A volcano . |
| 21 | It was gratifying to know that she could feel the same as him . |
| 22 | She imagined she could feel the short curly hairs of her silken bush standing on end , and knew her cunt lips would be hanging partially open as if in invitation . |
| 23 | She could feel the red stain crawl up her neck as she caught his drift . |
| 24 | While her busy tongue licked the wrinkled pouch , she could feel the thick shaft bouncing against her forehead . |
| 25 | She could feel the thick phallus-shaped wedge burrowing further and further into her gaping hole until it had impaled her to the hilt . |
| 26 | She could feel the heavy male footsteps running , thundering back along the path . |
| 27 | She froze for a second , caught by the magnetic intensity of those granite eyes , and beneath her palm she could feel the heavy beat of his heart . |
| 28 | Through it she could feel the steady rhythm of his heart-beat , only now it held a threat : the fragility of life . |
| 29 | Beneath the roughness of the woollen guernsey she could feel the steady thud of his heartbeat . |
| 30 | She could feel the hard strength of him pressing against her ; his heat scorching her through the thin cotton of her nightdress as if he , too , were on fire . |