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She and could
She showed her surprise by tightening the reins and moving the gelding around so that she could get a better look at his face.
She remembered little of her previous journey there with Grace, and she could but hope that her dedication to her mission would enable her to accomplish it.
She could not scream, for even if a sound could take shape within her parched mouth, who would hear, who would listen??
She wished that she could talk to her mother about it.
She realized I'd have to notify the police, but fervently hoped I could avoid mentioning her name.
She even devised a system of colors, whereby the boy could easily distinguish the different note values.
She could not resist the opportunity `` of showing her superiority in argument over a man '' which she had remarked as one of the `` feminine follies '' of Sara Sullam ; ;
She read everything else she could get her hands on, including an article ( she thinks it was in the Atlantic Monthly ) by Mark Twain on `` White Slavery ''.
She could not face coffee or tea without milk, and was always craving types of food that were not available aboard a sailing ship.
She ended her letter with the assurance that she considered his friendship for her daughter and herself to be an honor, from which she could not part `` without still more pain ''.
She was wise enough to realize a man could be good company even if he did weigh too much and didn't own the mint.
She could act and she could write.
She was not a girl, he could see.
She thought again of her children, those two who had died young, before the later science which might have saved them could attach even a label to their separate malignancies.
She felt the look and looked back because she could not help it, seeing that he was neither as old nor as thick as she had at first believed.
She also taught them to sing `` I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate ''.
She found she could cope with all kinds of problems for which she was once considered too helpless.
She thought she had great possibilities in the ballet and wanted to show the eminent producer how well she could dance.
She could do no wrong at the tables that time.
She didn't like her stepmother, but nothing is known to have occurred shortly before the crime that could have caused such a murderous rage.
) She snarled terribly but intuition told him, again, that she was bluffing, and he could see that half her attention was distracted by the dogs.
She whirled and faced him, roaring terribly, and Ulyate, watching through the leaves, could not understand why she did not charge and obliterate him, because he wouldn't have much of a chance of getting away, in that thick growth, but she seemed just a trace uncertain ; ;

She and see
She was glad, completely and unselfishly glad, to see that things were working out the right way for both Sally and Dan.
She would look at Jack, with that hidden something in her eyes, and Jack would see the Woman and become breathless and a little sick.
She would often go up on the roof to see the attendant take down the flag in the evening.
She entreated me to see a doctor, and when I refused, brought one out to see me.
She it was who had looked to see if I was wearing shoes upon learning that I couldn't drive.
She would try to see over the bulge of her cheeks and somewhat under her teeth to the place where she was biting.
She couldn't see how her death could affect Maude.
She couldn't see any reason why Maude would attempt to frighten her.
She is just home from a sojourn in London where she has become the sweetheart of a young fellow named Ronnie ( we never do see him ) and has been subjected to a first course in thinking and appreciating, including a dose of good British socialism.
She seemed so unimpressed that he was obliged to roll up his blue jeans so she could see his brace.
She would see them, looking just as they had in the books, and this would make up a part of her delight.
She is performing near Fredrik's home, and he brings Anne to see the play.
She remembers that her father was such a fan of Bessie Smith, " he once rode 50 miles on horseback just to see her perform live.
" ( Wills is quoted as saying, " I rode horeseback from the place between the rivers to Childress to see Bessie Smith ... She was about the greatest thing I had ever heard.
" She was allowed to see Thomas only for 40 minutes in the morning but returned in the afternoon and, in a drunken rage, threatened to kill Brinnin.
She did not have the opportunity to see her sons very often during her imprisonment, though she was released for special occasions such as Christmas.
* 642: She ascended the throne as Kōgyoku-tennō, and she stepped down in response to the assassination of Soga no Iruka ( see: Isshi Incident ).
She invited friends to see her daughter, including Sir Hans Sloane, the King's physician.
She read books, wrote letters, and played the lute ( see Bartolomeo Tromboncino ).
She was effortlessly more sexual and charming and eagerly undressed for Paris, and she did not mind displaying her breasts and vulva for him to see.
She awakened, he identified himself and offered her two choices: she could submit to his sexual advances and become his wife and future queen, or he would kill her and one of her slaves and place the bodies together, then claim he had caught her having adulterous sex ( see sexuality in ancient Rome for Roman attitudes toward sex ).

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