Example sentences of "she could manage " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she undid her dress ( she could manage it quite well by herself , it seemed ) and let it fall , picking up the kimono from the couch and wrapping it casually around her . |
| 2 | ‘ Thank you , ’ snorted Clare in as ungrateful a manner as she could manage , swept her copy contemptuously off the desk , and stalked out of the room with a moderately successful attempt at dignity . |
| 3 | The best she could manage was to imagine him to be a person who had known Ewan well . |
| 4 | Writing to Ellen as soon as she could manage it , she could not help confessing : |
| 5 | If Ferdinando left the Brownings service and came in with her , adopting his rightful position , then she could manage even better and take more boarders and they would be self-supporting besides living together always . |
| 6 | ‘ The trattoria sent it late , sir , ’ Wilson gasped , putting the tray down as carefully as she could manage , longing to escape from the room . |
| 7 | And when Jenny had got ill , she had been willful again , told herself she could manage to get her better without having the doctor to see her . |
| 8 | Well ; that would be as soon as she could manage it . |
| 9 | The development officer therefore could not provide even frequent direct help — the most she could manage was to monitor the situation ( which in fact broke down five months after her referral , when the client was admitted to residential care under a guardianship order ) . |
| 10 | ‘ And Cy rides Shine On in Tokyo , ’ she said as casually as she could manage . |
| 11 | It had taken their combined savings to make the down payment on a house in overcrowded Tollemarche and Isobel had declared that she could manage without a car . |
| 12 | Maybe she could manage him , if he was the price of a house in Vanier Heights . |
| 13 | USER FRIENDLY 's long , hard season finally caught up with her yesterday when she could manage only sixth in the Japan Cup . |
| 14 | Sighing , she looked around the elegant hallway , drastic cuts would have to be made but she could manage with just a cook and a maid , the others would have to be paid off . |
| 15 | On the fourth day he was off sick , and Mr Mulgrove asked Anna if she thought she could manage , and to ask Heather on flours and dried fruits if she was n't sure of anything . |
| 16 | She thought that she could manage at least the pantomime season before her condition would show . |
| 17 | Derek looked at Charlotte as he sat down , but all she could manage was the faintest of smiles . |
| 18 | All she could manage was a burbled apology . |
| 19 | ‘ When will you know who did do it ? ’ she probed , in as casual a voice as she could manage . |
| 20 | Anne went to offer to help Margaret with the nursing but she said that she could manage . |
| 21 | Liz Matson had been very impressed at how much Laura had taught herself from books ; using cardboard patterns she could manage basic grading . |
| 22 | Laura maintained , pointedly , that she could manage quite well with a traditional abacus , which she asked Dai to make her . |
| 23 | At least Kathleen 's cooking meant she could manage a passable display of unconcerned eating , time to gather her wits a little … |
| 24 | It took her from 25 February to 30 June to save a shilling , but once she had accomplished that she was content that she could manage and ‘ never let it trouble me again ’ . |
| 25 | She said , coolly , that she could manage on her own in the kitchen now . |
| 26 | Gwendolen was clad in her dark blue serge travelling dress , this being the nearest to mourning she could manage . |
| 27 | ‘ Jealousy ? ’ she repeated , putting as much incredulity into her voice as she could manage . |
| 28 | She could manage alone … |
| 29 | ‘ That wo n't be necessary , ’ she said in as firm a voice as she could manage . |
| 30 | She lifted her multi-petticoated skirts and walked down with as much grace as she could manage , playing the part of Cinderella at her first ball , prevented from any sudden movement by the flattering silken wig whose curls were interlaced with pearls and fell in tumbling ringlets on to one breast . |