Yet that was a subject upon which, of course, she could not be asked to give pledges, even to herself.
She could take it from you, of course, as her father.
She could go buggy-riding with Ray Kennedy, for instance, without taking Gunner or Axel.
She could always be taken in by the stories of tramps and runaway boys.
She could go to Spanish Johnny's and sing part songs with the Mexicans, and nobody objected.
As soon as she was sure that she was not going to cry, she tossed the little basket into the big one and ran Thor's buggy along the gravel walk and out of the gate as fast as she could push it.
Then, by sticking to it, she could always do what she set out to do.
There were one or two publishers who made a specialty of that sort of thing, and she had as much work as she could do.
She could never, never do this, and corresponded with him continually, and he was making every effort to induce an exasperating father to change his mind.
For some reason, blinded perhaps by her interests, this possibility had never occurred to her; and now, her wits muddled by a terrible fear, she could hardly be prevented from turning the girl out of the house at once.
The lamp was burning smokily; she could tell by the copper colour of the light.
She could not be content with the little he might be; she would have him the much that he ought to be.
But if I were you, I wouldn't have her until I gave her a chance to get away, and saw whether she would if she could.
I never saw any one else make such a dainty, accurate little stitch as she could.
She could see no accessory she knew of that was missing, and there were many things to which she never had been accustomed.
The astonished Betsy snorted and pranced down the valley as fast as she could, but every step indicated that she felt outraged and abused.
She drank the cooling liquid until she could take no more.
With eyes staring straight ahead, he sat rigid, waiting for my answer; and I, anxious only to get rid of him and to end the strain of the moment, said the first thing that came into my head.
Between those years I was the principal support of our family, and life became a strenuous and tragic affair.
It seemed to me that as I was sharing the work and the perils of our new environment, I might as well share its joys; and I finally succeeded in making my family see the logic of this position.
This hall was engaged and paid for by the Wesleyan Methodist Church, of which I am pastor, and we have full control of it to-night.
He had been angry with "the gal" in the past, as they all knew.
She entered the rooms on Thursday evening with feelings very different from what had attended her thither the Monday before.
This was placing her in a very uncomfortable situation, and she felt great compassion for Captain Tilney, without being able to hope for his goodwill.
I have many pamphlets to finish," said he to Catherine, "before I can close my eyes, and perhaps may be poring over the affairs of the nation for hours after you are asleep.
I would not be bound to go two miles in it for fifty thousand pounds.
Toto lay at Dorothy's feet and Billina flew upon the range, which had no fire in it, and perched there as comfortably as she could.
How to break the news was more than she could think.
It was useless to devour the little thing with kisses; she could stay in bed no longer, and walked feverishly about the room.
As soon as she had gathered a pair of wings for herself, she was to fly away, she said, to the country she came from; but where that was, she could give no information.
I felt as if she couldgive me everything I wanted; as if I should never wish to leave her, but would be content to be sung to and fed by her, day after day, as years rolled by.
Your mother sprang out of bed, and going as near it as she could, mewed so infernally like a great cat, that the noise ceased instantly.
Look here, Mac," said Trina, slicing a bit of bacon as thinly as she could.
Then she brought two more--as calmly as she could.
She could grind, and pump, and churn, and buzz by the week, and never stop to oil up or blow out.
Miss Sawyer shuddered openly at the adjective "lively" as applied to a child; her belief being that though children might be seen, if absolutely necessary, they certainly should never be heard if she could help it.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "she could" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
