Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [verb] of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She may know of a suitable baby . ’ |
| 2 | His wife , much as she might boast of the intellect of her pick-ups , could n't pretend they were pleasing to the eye . |
| 3 | So , having no more to discuss on that topic , I went on to ask Sylvia if she could think of a place in her own home where she felt uneasy if the door was shut . |
| 4 | Before she could think of a suitable retort he had gone , her door closed quietly behind him . |
| 5 | In fact now she was away from him she could think of a hundred and one things she should have said — done — and what the hell was the matter with this damned car ? |
| 6 | If she could think of a good reason to ask questions about the missing don among his colleagues , she might well come up with some interesting answers . |
| 7 | Before she could think of a suitable reply , Bridget did it for her . |
| 8 | She knew she would not cheat and take that option , and she could think of no other . |
| 9 | She could think of no reply to the friendly overture , so Mother Bombie supplied her own : |
| 10 | Whether he noticed was unclear ; probably not , since he made the eminently logical suggestion that they should drive to Randall Lodge together , and to her chagrin she could think of no good reason to refuse . |
| 11 | She could think of no words to break the agonising tension . |
| 12 | She could think of no greater compliment . |
| 13 | Lili relented , or perhaps she could think of no more artifacts to describe . |
| 14 | She was not so far gone in the sinful practice of dissimulation that she felt free to claim that she meant to ask them because she knew Betty would be pleased , and she could think of no other remotely credible reason for doing so . |
| 15 | Scarlet still found the episode entirely mysterious , since she could think of no reason at all why they had been invited . |
| 16 | He said they should go upstairs to the room above the gallery , and she could think of no way of refusing . |
| 17 | She could think of no reason why he should take the trouble nor of anything he seemed to want from her with which to persuade him . |
| 18 | Folly wanted to snatch it away , but she could think of no good excuse . |
| 19 | What on earth was she supposed to wear for this evening with Dane — this evening that was n't exactly a date , yet she could think of no other description for it ? |
| 20 | ’ She could think of no other reason for his appearance . |
| 21 | She asked for red wine and when he brought it she raised the glass and tried to think of something original and witty by way of a toast but he forestalled her by saying , ‘ Cheers , ’ and she could think of no other response . |
| 22 | The victim 's daughter , who 's been comforted by the Minister at her local Methodist Church , said she could think of no reason why her father should have been attacked , but she was convinced someone must know the killer . |
| 23 | ‘ But how does one breadwin ? ’ she asked herself drowsily , and was asleep before she could think of an answer . |
| 24 | Before she could think of an appropriate greeting , Rosie said , ‘ Welcome back to Italy . |
| 25 | Sophie was speechless for a moment , then , just before she could think of an appropriate retort , Dawn gave Giles a brilliant smile and sauntered off . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ Poor exploited things , ’ she 'd say of the couples who entered , hand in hand , full of pleasurable anticipation . |
| 28 | ‘ Whether she 'd approve of the people who 'll be living here I do n't know . |
| 29 | She would speak of the necessity of holding on to a framework of belief , a reasonable percentage of belie |
| 30 | And while she was having a whisky and eating a piece of cake at eleven o'clock , in a hapless impulse to demonstrate and somehow fix her freebooting mood — though she saw the irrationality of it on a day that had begun with a clear insight that at least she would try to equal his thinness even if she could never hope to achieve the frugality of his expectations — just as she was leaving the last part of the cake , she would think of a better way to write the note . |