Example sentences of "she come [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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31 Sometimes she came back to the present with a bang to find that one of the girls had asked a question and had received no answer at all because Jenna 's gaze was fixed on the sky outside the window , her mind travelling the road to Paris and Alain .
32 Now , as she came back to the present , Lady Merchiston 's own eyes were on her in a compelling look , demanding an answer .
33 ‘ The first time she went out in it she came back into the house giggling that she 'd driven through town with the top down , even though it was freezing .
34 When she came back into the house , her dress was wet through .
35 When she came back into the office Dexter sat comatose , his eyelids drawn down like the venetian blinds , the only sign of wakefulness his fingers flicking absentmindedly through the pages of a gay magazine he had hidden inside one on gardening .
36 She came back into the room and shut and locked the door .
37 Almost at once she came back into the kitchen , turned out the light , and left the flat .
38 He lifted the phone and she followed his instructions to such good effect that fifteen minutes later she came back into the sitting-room , her overnight case in her hand .
39 Marguerite looked a trifle anxiously at Jenna as she came back into the room .
40 She came back into the kitchen , rubbing her elbow .
41 She came back into the church and picked up her belongings .
42 She came back through the kitchen and gave him the torch .
43 As she came back towards the drawing-room , Robert was waiting in the hall .
44 ‘ When she came back from the doctor , she was crying in pain , ’ says Aszal Galiara .
45 She came back from the telephone booth quickly , looking distracted .
46 He left Helen and went to have a bath and in the cold steamy bathroom there came to him this vision of a distant unreal Helen looking — well , radiant was the unexpected word that came to mind — looking not her usual self at all in some frock that glowed and billowed and rustled as she came in at the front door late , pink-cheeked , a touch dishevelled and greeted by the stone wall of Dorothy 's disapproval .
47 When she came in for the second time her throat was like looking at a plate full of strawberries and cream — red enlarged tonsils with a coating of puss .
48 This week she came in with the garment — very nicely knitted but with the sleeves ( in the stocking stitch ) too short .
49 When she came in with the junket , the row had obviously developed .
50 She came in through the corridor , shuffling in her thick black clothes .
51 Spittals ' hands glowed from the diligent rubbing he was applying to them as she came in through the door at ten o'clock .
52 She came in through the yard door , and from the moment he saw her , Dauntless could tell she was a sorceress of deftness and strength .
53 She came in by the side-door just as the clients arrived , and , taking Joanna 's overall from the peg , she followed Sophie into the waiting-room .
54 Suddenly she came out through the last curtain of trees and found herself looking down over sunlit green meadowland to where a railway line wound like a serpent through a cutting at the foot .
55 She came out at the head of the stairs and looked down .
56 But at last she came out on the other side and ran after them as before , calling out , " Hoo !
57 After a moment she came out on the landing and she was dressing .
58 When the trees broke , she came out on the uncut lawn of the heath .
59 When she came out to the sound of splashing and spluttering , she made her way to the end bowl , and there she washed her , face and hands ; but again she was last in the line to run up the stairs and finish her dressing .
60 One day , she came out to the perimeter fence ; another , she came into the kitchen when they were making me some food .
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