Example sentences of "that she had come [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wanted to come , ’ Maggie muttered , quite agreeing with him that she had come off worst in everything . |
| 2 | It was in the course of that initial watching and listening that she had come across Amy . |
| 3 | Neither Matthew nor the girl was aware that she had come into the room , and as Beth 's eyes went from the unique expression of wonder on the boy 's handsome face , to the girl 's slender form … the small budding breasts , and the young limbs that were already shaping into those of a young woman … a strange sense of revulsion shivered through her . |
| 4 | It was obvious that she had come into the laboratory after the blow had been struck , and had in fact seen very little . |
| 5 | " I overheard Gerard tell Mrs James that she had come down stairs with a " face fit to murder " , Jane continued , doing a passable imitation of the butler . |
| 6 | Like Faith , the Magdalene showed that she had come of her own wish by performing many miracles of healing and other good works ; and her church became one of the most popular centres of pilgrimage in Europe . |
| 7 | She 'd needed all her courage then , to stand over him and introduce herself ; to refuse to be sent away , to admit that she had come to Geneva in vain . |
| 8 | But had it not been to rid herself of her aura of wealth and privilege which had created her feeling that she was the darling of the gods — although the same gods knew how brutally they had treated her — that she had come to the East End to work , and to live as though she really needed to , and to survive on the pittance which she had earned , without bolting back again to luxury and comfort ? |
| 9 | He had been there since lunchtime , and it had been while she 'd watched him that she had come to the decision that she must go . |
| 10 | It was this moment that she had come for . |
| 11 | To our relief , she missed out on all the formalities except for a perfunctory cry of ‘ GamBei ’ ( ‘ Down the hatch ’ ) and ‘ Greetings to our British friends ’ , and concentrated on tucking into the excellent meal — she gave the impression that she had come for the food and drink and nothing else . |