Example sentences of "she could [adv] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , dressed in cowboy boots , tight jeans and a black T-shirt , she could easily pass for someone half her age . |
| 2 | At the top of a wave she could easily see across the Longstone rock to the other side . |
| 3 | Who knows , with the right song and promotion , she could even head into a harder , rockier realm . |
| 4 | But she was still in the grip of a puzzling weariness , and she could barely walk by her couch without feeling compelled to drop down on it for a short nap . |
| 5 | As she lay between the sheets , Hari felt a great restlessness grip her , she thought of Craig 's face so close to hers and she could barely breathe for the confused emotions that raced through her . |
| 6 | Had n't she already taken time off work which she could ill afford in her sister 's interests ? |
| 7 | She could either step off the pavement or walk with a clang on an iron hatch she was sure would cave in one day and she 'd be deep underground and lost forever . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She could not cope with lifts , and she could not go into the garden shed in case the door closed upon her . |
| 10 | Recording a verdict that Mrs Bowyer ‘ Took her own life ’ , Dr Weir said : ‘ This is terribly tragic because she did it because she could not cope with the pain of the illness she suffered from . ’ |
| 11 | A DEPRESSED mum has vanished with her three mischievous sons after saying she could not cope with long school holidays and mounting debts . |
| 12 | She and her husband were on the brink of breaking up and she could not cope with personal relationships . |
| 13 | But without it she could not pay for her coffee and salad . |
| 14 | She could not tell in the torchlight whether it was ink or blood . |
| 15 | But she could not express in words what she saw in her head . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Mademoiselle do believe me , begged Mary-Lou in despair , for she could not bear to be scolded like that . |
| 18 | It was a safe place to hide but she could not hide from herself and her imagination had made condemnation out of any unthinking word that Felipe uttered . |
| 19 | She could not hope for news every day … . |
| 20 | She tells him about her father — about how he stood on the cliffs in a flapping raincoat when she was a child and sang the whole of ‘ O Thou that tellest Good Tidings to Zion ’ over the roar of the wind and surf , and about how later she could not speak to him without irritation in spite of her love for him . |
| 21 | She found that though she could not speak up herself , she understood snatches . |
| 22 | There was one incident however that , even with hindsight , she could not laugh at . |
| 23 | She could not cope with lifts , and she could not go into the garden shed in case the door closed upon her . |
| 24 | He did not know how to tell her that he was very , very sorry for being small , and for snivelling , and for ruining her life so that she could not go to America to be a film-star . |
| 25 | The letter must have said that she could not go to the Mansion again . |
| 26 | She could not go to Adamus . |
| 27 | She was so constantly braced , her will so stiff from desire , that she could not sleep at nights ; she feared that if she fell asleep she might lose her determination and her faith , might wake up alone in her narrow bed , in the small back bedroom , overlooking the small square garden , backing onto the next small square garden , where for so many years she had lain and dreamed her subversive dreams . |
| 28 | She could not settle at school , ran away from home on several occasions and spent most of her time alone . |
| 29 | Mum always bragged about never borrowing off anyone but I had noticed that since Dad had been on short time she seemed to have more money than ever to spend and was getting more friendly with the neighbours she could not stand as a rule . |
| 30 | She could not answer for them . |