Example sentences of "she came into the " in BNC.

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1 A couple of weeks after Brighton she came into the shop , presuming we were going out together that evening — without having told me what she intended , I 'd arranged to go and see a band with a mate from art college .
2 She nodded dismissively at Joe , who glared and stamped back to the pigs , and then she came into the milking house and leaned against the far wall , looking across at Jinny .
3 Afterwards she came into the kitchen while I washed her clothes and hung them on a bush in the garden to dry — and there was nothing in our words or manner to suggest that all this was not quite ordinary and everyday .
4 She came into the van and said she was the new person on the block or whatever — and bang — there she was , ’ Jason recalls .
5 James was aware of Sarah Byrne from the moment she came into the dining room carrying the soup tureen .
6 Do n't interfere , Eva , ’ he said , as she came into the room , alarmed by our shouting .
7 ‘ Good evening , Conrad , ’ Philippa said as she came into the room and bestowed a kiss on his bald patch , saint blessing sinner , and then called out to Larry whom she had seen going in as she walked up the hill with her offerings .
8 He did not raise his head as she came into the room , and not once in the short interview which followed did he look at her .
9 The result was a striking contrast to the dull brown tinged with grey that Pamela had when she came into the salon .
10 It is a rarity for a horse of Lyric Fantasy 's ability to be offered for public sale , and the Park Paddocks ' arena at Newmarket was packed as she came into the ring .
11 As she came into the room we rose to greet her .
12 But in the end I became so frightened of her I used to start shaking when she came into the room .
13 It was obvious from the moment she came into the house that Dawn , as I 'd immediately christened her ( after all , I 'd had three weeks to dream up the name ) , was a real character .
14 Mother answered , then she came into the sitting-room and announced , ‘ Clare 's coming home . ’
15 She nodded , understanding his signal , as she came into the room .
16 She came into the working-men 's club one lunchtime and got her bottle of stout .
17 The only occasions upon which she came into the attic herself were pharmaceuti-cally driven , to bring tablets , linctus , suppositories , or to ‘ cup ’ her son .
18 As she came into the restaurant , the Hungarian band was playing Leslie Stuart 's Soldiers of the Queen , revived for the Jubilee .
19 She came into the studio , apologising for keeping Ruth waiting , and pulling on a light summer jacket .
20 They smiled when she came into the room .
21 She came into the bedroom on his third plea .
22 He was talking to James , and stopped abruptly when she came into the room .
23 One day , she came out to the perimeter fence ; another , she came into the kitchen when they were making me some food .
24 She came into the sitting-room and sniffed .
25 Anne exclaimed as she came into the .
26 She came into the room , setting the drink down on the table , then went across to the woman , taking the bundle from her and setting it back in the cot .
27 Myra asked as she came into the office carrying a mug of tea .
28 And then of course , when she came into the village to buy the few things they need — it is astonishing how modest Mr Swinton 's needs seem to be , she hardly buys any comforts at all but I gather his man is an excellent gardener and they keep a pig for bacon — ’
29 She came into the school grounds , I 'm pretty sure she crossed the headmaster 's lawn , but after that I lost her . ’
30 ‘ Well — she came into the school grounds .
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