Example sentences of "[adv] she came to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally she came to a decision and went to see Mrs Constantine . |
| 2 | Eventually she came to Byblos and succeeded in having the palace column removed and thus was able to retrieve the casket and take it back to Egypt , where she hid it in the marshes of the Delta . |
| 3 | A little farther on she came to a small white cottage , in the porch of which stood a nutcrackery old woman whom Breeze mentally dubbed the Witch of Endor . |
| 4 | From then on she came to the surface more ; it was n't long before she said to him , ‘ This can not go on , have n't you anything better to do than being my chauffeur all day ? ’ |
| 5 | Shortly after she became aware of the sounds , they stopped ; a moment later she came to the clearing where she had first seen and spoken to him . |
| 6 | She began to walk forward rapidly , but a couple of minutes later she came to an abrupt stop . |
| 7 | ‘ What happened next I do not know , ’ said the servant , ‘ but a year later she came to our house here and threw herself into the mistress 's arms and begged her to take her in . |
| 8 | ‘ A few weeks later she came to the church with her mother . |
| 9 | ‘ A few weeks later she came to the church with her mother . |
| 10 | Whenever she came to the house with Peg she would look about with solemn curiosity , and her blue eyes dominated her wan little face . |
| 11 | Then a short time ago she came to Edward in a great state . ’ |
| 12 | Chapters i and 4 examined , respectively , her political beliefs and how she came to the leadership of the Conservative party . |
| 13 | In part the style is an acknowledgement of how she came to the leadership , and in part also a reaction to previous leaders . |
| 14 | When she told me how she came to be a refugee , she paused reflectively before each statement , conscious that as a foreigner I might not know the history of Palestine before 1948 . |
| 15 | We began by asking her how she came to be in broadcasting . |
| 16 | J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. , 1972 ) she tells of her first meeting with the composer , of his influence on her technique and interpretation , of how she came to terms with the music , of Plante and other virtuosi , and gives a detailed analysis of various pieces . |
| 17 | That was still the thought in her mind as she struck the ground , not knowing how she came to be there , as one never knows , having suffered a blow aimed from behind which came at her like a thunderbolt , felled her in the presence of a hundred indifferent spectators and left her prostrate , struggling as in those terrible lodging-house dreams , to get up , to breathe , while the weasel-pack fell on top of her , shrieking with laughter . |
| 18 | Perhaps the best course was simply to come clean — to explain how she came to be involved in the case , and enlist Veronica 's help ? |
| 19 | ‘ And that was how she came to be at the reception ? ’ |
| 20 | She sipped absently , so desperate to remember who she was and how she came to be here that the mug was empty before she realised it . |
| 21 | Then she came to London and I saw her sitting in the twelfth or thirteenth row of the Royal Festival Hall . |
| 22 | Then she came to the conclusion that it might make things easier . |
| 23 | And then she came to a small rise in the land and there was a man , his head under his arm . |
| 24 | And then she came to me and she said , take four of us away and I just said , No I 'm sorry he wo n't . |
| 25 | If , thanks to you , my daughter comes to any harm , I 'll make sure the world knows every detail of how and why she came to be in danger . ’ |
| 26 | The closer she came to the centre of Steel City the more guards there were . |
| 27 | The closer she came to meeting Vitor d'Arcos again , the more her adrenalin surged and the more she wished there had been something to prevent her attendance . |
| 28 | Queen Anne was 37 when she came to the throne , a plump , somewhat dumpy woman , more likely to inspire affection than passionate devotion , but immensely conscientious and unshakeably Anglican . |
| 29 | She explained how they used to steal food , and how hard it was when she came to the Hogans , her first job , to realise she did n't have to take any stray biscuit or a fistful of sugar and put it into her apron . |
| 30 | She did not consciously know that , with Luke 's swift co-operation , she had rid him of his tie , nor that she was left unaided to tear at his shirt buttons with frantic fingers ; and it was only through her senses that she knew when she came to hard flesh and soft springy hair , her palm sliding damply over his chest , fingers catching luxuriously in the light tangle of hair covering it . |