Example sentences of "she could [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw no sequence in what was happening , and no coherence , but she knew it was there to be seen , if only she could achieve the right angle of vision . |
| 2 | She saw Chesarynth cast out , begging in the gutter Hells of Earth where she could feel no home as Jezrael had on Mars . |
| 3 | She could feel no personal flavour but a dirty undertow of fear . |
| 4 | Yet , even as anguished sobs racked her body , she could feel no bitterness against him , no trace of the hate she 'd claimed . |
| 5 | Caro had been so delighted by the job ( spotted by Sue , an advert in the local paper ) that she could feel no sympathy for her mother 's whinings , and the Sunday visits had been stiff with hostile silences . |
| 6 | As the kiss went on and on , he pulled her closer and closer until she could feel every warm , hard inch of him imprinted against her . |
| 7 | Only he did n't , merely narrowed his eyes further , then pulled her against him so tight that she could feel every sinew and muscle from knee to chest , and a lick of frightened excitement curled along her nerves . |
| 8 | She could feel every bone and sinew of him . |
| 9 | She said she could feel a shard of genius enter her soul with my seed ! |
| 10 | And he would try to stand up to it , the sudden blast of her love ; she could feel a brave little determination to withstand it , and even an intention to return it . |
| 11 | Her eyes seemed to have changed , seeing the half-mortals like giants made of pure light ; she could feel a cold clear air in her face , and wondered if it was the wind in which they moved . |
| 12 | Nicola 's voice was coming and going like a tricky radio signal ; she could feel a stinging dampness where her calves had dragged over the rough brickwork atop the wall . |
| 13 | As soon as her muscles had slackened , she could feel a corresponding movement in him , and his voice was almost normal when he asked her what she would like to eat . |
| 14 | Fenella could feel the shadows stirring already ; she could feel a dark , slimy something uncoiling somewhere close by . |
| 15 | Still hot with embarrassment and irritation , she could feel a sheen of sweat on her forehead . |
| 16 | " You , " said Grace , mock-severely ( her heart was fluttering quite uncomfortably and she could feel a most immature desire to blush and simper rising within her ) , " are a naughty boy , and I shall have to keep you in your place , I can see that . " |
| 17 | She could feel a joy greater than any she had known gently bubbling inside her . |
| 18 | He was deliberately trying to antagonise her , but behind his innocent stare she could feel a growing tension in the atmosphere . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She told herself to be sensible , and concentrate on the food and the others around the table , but all the same she could feel a soft , trembling excitement building inside her . |
| 21 | For she could feel a certain unmistakable stirring in the body curved so tightly to hers . |
| 22 | She could feel a strange tugging , almost like an itch inside her head . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Her cream shoes were far from waterproof , and already she could feel an unpleasant sensation around her toes . |
| 25 | She could feel the great flight of the dragon and sensed that she was high in air and travelling fast towards the sunset ; she could feel the great muscles of the dragon 's wings send ripplings down the stomach walls and she gave herself over to death . |
| 26 | She could feel the great flight of the dragon and sensed that she was high in air and travelling fast towards the sunset ; she could feel the great muscles of the dragon 's wings send ripplings down the stomach walls and she gave herself over to death . |
| 27 | In a still moment of total blackness she could feel the sinewed strength , the velvet softness of the dragon 's tripes . |
| 28 | Now she could feel the solid muscle of her daughter 's arms and she wanted to lean against her and draw comfort and strength ; but she pulled away and looked at Phoebe with that straight , clear , appraising look that was her hallmark . |
| 29 | Her heartbeats came in great , straining jerks , she could feel the blood squeezing through . |
| 30 | Masha nodded , saying that for the first time since Geneva she could feel the attraction of Communism . |