Example sentences of "she could [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said she could feel a shard of genius enter her soul with my seed ! |
| 2 | She could feel a coolness on her brow , and would have reached up her fingers to find out what was there , but that she was possessed by a lassitude that prevented her moving at all . |
| 3 | She could feel a joy greater than any she had known gently bubbling inside her . |
| 4 | He looked like a man with nothing more on this mind than reaching the bar on the far side of the room — and yet she could feel a tension in the muscle of his arm , see it in the set of his mouth . |
| 5 | Still hot with embarrassment and irritation , she could feel a sheen of sweat on her forehead . |
| 6 | Daisy was Fred 's bird , a freckled teenager with red tabby hair whom Arthur had entrusted with a slice of his savings so that she could open a boutique . |
| 7 | The boys were older now ; she could tarry a bit , and not get home until four . |
| 8 | He could not guarantee he would be able to deliver it on the day and she billed it as a surprise film so she could show a reserve if it failed to arrive . |
| 9 | After an almost silent session , I felt unsure how to begin to help her ; so I asked her if she could draw a picture of a tree . |
| 10 | ‘ It was partly the Welshness of it all which appealed to her — the wool is grown , spun , woven and made up here in Wales , but it was also her feeling that in the commercial life everything was grab , grab , grab and here was a little corner of the world where she could do a bit of good . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Did n't think she could do a thing like that ? |
| 12 | She could do a lot worse — 'e 's a good , steady man and 'e 's not given ti strong drink . ’ |
| 13 | According to her she was convinced that Francis would inherit and dispose of the business , but she might have thought she could do a deal with Beryl . |
| 14 | She did n't mention the word ‘ love ’ , because , after what he had said and seeing now in his eyes what he truly thought of her , she doubted whether she could love a man like him . |
| 15 | ‘ Is there anywhere near here where we could get some bread and cheese ? ’ asked Breeze , thinking that at this moment she could eat a dog-biscuit with gusto . |
| 16 | Clare thought she could rest a while here . |
| 17 | Demonstrating the arbitrariness of the emergency regulations , she was granted a passport in June this year so that she could head a UDF delegation which met Margaret Thatcher and President Bush . |
| 18 | She would even extend her fancy into the shops she visited , seeing them as markets where she could choose a fish by the brightness of its eye , a chicken by its stiff yellow claws and plump breast , or pick out tangerines with the leaves still on them . |
| 19 | His expression was as inscrutable as ever , yet she was sure she could detect a warning gleam in his dark eyes . |
| 20 | She did n't feel she could make a contribution , but she wanted to , so ‘ I just went in and made myself useful . ’ |
| 21 | She just knew she could make a go of it ! |
| 22 | Jo always had had the gift of the gab , she could make a stone laugh doing her imitation of Mr Silver trying to get her up behind the cloakroom door . |
| 23 | I thought she could make a selection from these . ’ |
| 24 | She could make a move in about twenty minutes . |
| 25 | She could make a side salad . |
| 26 | There must be some way she could make an approach without incurring too great a risk of rejection . |
| 27 | Before she could make an effort to get out a few intelligible words , though , he shouldered her roughly aside and strode into the house . |
| 28 | ’ No , but she could make an effort to be civil . ’ |
| 29 | No not you , she could make an effort . |
| 30 | She found it unnerving to be made aware that she could want a man so much physically when her mind was totally against it . |