Example sentences of "could [adv] [adv] [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could so clearly see her coming between you and me , between us and our poetry , and I felt furiously jealous and unhappy but tried not to show it . |
| 2 | And with her jealousy came anger that he could so easily hold her in a close embrace while he still had Doreen in his system . |
| 3 | Jasmine was like many horses : sold as a three-year-old because her owner had found that he could not successfully train her . |
| 4 | How could such a proud gentleman be so much in the power of one of his servants that he could not even punish her for trying to kill him ? |
| 5 | That I could not ever blame her . |
| 6 | It was as if a woman who thus lowered herself disowned her right to be considered a person , a soul ; as if it would be no sin to take advantage of her lust because one could not possibly soil her any further . |
| 7 | They could not still want her now . |
| 8 | Even the sight of their own front garden could not quite depress her . |
| 9 | Her Dutch cleaning lady would be coming round in the morning — let her do it , thought an exhausted Olga a few minutes later , as she shakily bathed her face under the cold tap ; Boyd could darn well pay her more housekeeping to cover the extra hours of work . |
| 10 | She could n't even control her trembling limbs and chattering teeth . |
| 11 | ‘ Lisa was in constant agony , but I could n't even comfort her or give her a cuddle because of the plaster . ’ |
| 12 | But he could n't just leave her at the station . |
| 13 | Surely they could n't just let her go at the end of the three years ? |
| 14 | Well , it seemed as if as soon as my back was turned Mrs Carrow went off down there , even though you could n't normally get her to go no further than the garden gate , like I said . ’ |
| 15 | The ledger was a fair size , and surely could n't easily escape her . |
| 16 | The rector 's wife was a bit of a mystery , and Betty could n't really make her out . |
| 17 | She was familiar but he could n't quite place her . |
| 18 | He could n't possibly see her in the darkness , but she still shrank down in the seat — then felt her eyes widen when he stripped off his jacket and started to unbutton his shirt . |
| 19 | She felt a sharp pang at the thought that he could n't possibly desire her , and scolded herself for feeling like that . |
| 20 | She could n't get the words out fast enough , terrified that Guy could n't possibly believe her , no matter what he said . |
| 21 | You could n't possibly ask her anything like that . |
| 22 | Ma could no longer hold her and she ran to the boy she thought of as her oldest brother , clinging to him . |
| 23 | Her father could no longer understand her or her behaviour , and Catherine did not realize that his illness made him less patient with her . |
| 24 | She kept trying to tell herself that he could no longer surprise her , and yet he continued to do just that . |
| 25 | Her bedside book , often reread , was Anthony Trollope 's The Small House at Allington but tonight it could no longer translate her to the reassuring , comfortable , nostalgic world of Barsetshire , to croquet on Mrs Dale 's lawn and dinner at the squire 's table . |
| 26 | After a while , Jay could no longer pick her out against the distant sand , and she lay on the bed , under a sheet , downed the last of her drink , and slept . |
| 27 | Ruth knew she could no more disappoint her than she could snatch a toy from a baby . |