Example sentences of "she went [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He followed her when she went towards the door , and detained her . |
| 2 | He watched her approach and watched her as she went towards the door . |
| 3 | Frustrated , she went towards the kitchen and I pulled the curtains apart to watch night fall . |
| 4 | She went towards the second door , and Michael hurried ahead to open it for her . |
| 5 | She went towards the house to say goodbye to Stella , and as she turned the corner of the building she almost collided with Luke . |
| 6 | as if he was attuned to her thoughts Alain made no move to help her as she went towards the house . |
| 7 | With that she went towards the kitchen . |
| 8 | It was almost time for her mistress 's luncheon , and she went towards the back of the hall to the breakfast parlour , one of the few rooms still in use , to see if Mrs Diggory had as yet laid out the tray . |
| 9 | ‘ I hardly knew whether I would find you still here , ’ Benedict had said , catching her on the gallery as she went towards the attic stairs , burdened with a small wooden box containing the contents of Lady Merchiston 's medicine cupboard , Hector at her heels . |
| 10 | However , her feet dragged as she went towards the office , where she found Silas listening to the answering machine while Doreen recorded the messages . |
| 11 | Instead she went towards the fire , and slowly sat down on one of the corduroy sofas . |
| 12 | ‘ I really must think about the whole question , ’ she thought , as she went up the stairs to the flat . |
| 13 | She went up the stairs two Levels , dodged across a gangpath to another stair and went up that five Levels , and finally , across another gangpath and she leapt for a lift just leaving . |
| 14 | As she went up the narrow stairs , Jennifer 's heart was beating . |
| 15 | Judging from all the chatter , everyone in UCD must have got to know each other pretty quickly , Benny thought as she went up the steps the following morning . |
| 16 | She went up the stairs , and my mother and I went after her . |
| 17 | She went up the stairs on legs that felt absolutely leaden . |
| 18 | Then she will know more than she did as she went up the stairs , my little English mouse . |
| 19 | She was still dazed by the revelations of the past half-hour as she went up the stairs . |
| 20 | She went outside the church with him . |
| 21 | Nervously smoothing her skirt and praying there were no stains she had missed , she went along the hall and into the living room . |
| 22 | She went along the corridor and knocked on Meredith 's door . |
| 23 | As she went along the hall , she wondered how she might persuade Maisie 's son to be a better person . |
| 24 | She did not go to the station , but she went along the line to the place where the engines stopped . |
| 25 | She went along the landing and down the staircase , still in a waking dream , crossing the hall and seeing Penman there , waiting to open the drawing-room door for her , as if it was someone she was watching perform , not herself but another being altogether . |
| 26 | She went to the University of Nebraska , and was a star pupil , writing scathing reviews of books , theatre and opera , cross-dressing and forming passionate attachments to other women . |
| 27 | In the full face of the ridicule she went to the post office evening after evening , ridicule she willed not to see or notice . |
| 28 | Then , with the same shocking slowness , without a word , without looking at anyone , she went to the door , opened it , and let it close softly behind her . |
| 29 | She went to the convent for advice . |
| 30 | But on the Day of the Dead she went to the cemetery and cried out over the sound of her own deep sobbing ‘ Mama , you are lucky not to see us so unhappy . |