Example sentences of "she came [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The babe was fretful with teething , but as she came along the corridor she heard a gentle humming above the baby 's wails .
2 She came through the front door of the shop and was a little surprised at not seeing her husband behind the counter .
3 ‘ Nana , you know , I ca n't cross the fording in my shoes any more , ’ she began as she came through the gap in the severely-clipped hedge .
4 ‘ You do n't have to do that , Hank , ’ she said , as she came through the back gate .
5 When she came through the door , he 'd be behind it .
6 As she came through the side roads to her house she heard a few trial notes on a wind instrument of some sort — a clarinet , was it ? a run of notes that seemed to carry on where the last solitary trill of the bird had stopped , and then a beat , beat , beat of a bass and a drum slowly swinging in , and the band , trying out their numbers high up in a house , lilted together into a piece , melancholy at base with gay little twiddles from the clarinet bravely calling that nightfall was not the end of hope , not a closure — a little bit of swing filtering over back gardens to draw people out , out into the spring night , a beat along the channels of their blood suggesting that this hour , as the light dies , as the dusk creeps along the ground , is not an ending but a beginning .
7 She heard Agnes begin to protest as she came through the doorway , and called out , ‘ Benedict ! ’
8 Mrs Hobden went into the kitchen , and a few minutes later she came through the doorway carrying a tray .
9 But , as she came down the steps of the beautiful russet Georgian house , first impressions were very depressing .
10 It was for Signora Kettering and her English upbringing told her that it was unthinkable to open letters addressed to someone else ; and yet as she came down the stairs and met the driver she had been taken , as she felt sure she was meant to be taken , for Signora Kettering .
11 Laying her basket down , she ran towards the shriek , her feet slipping on the loose ground as she came under the trees , until she finished with an uncontrollable slide that landed her almost on top of Oz .
12 In the late 1880s , dissatisfied with atheism , she came under the influence of Madame Blavatsky of the Theosophical Society .
13 While Yeats was away in Ireland , the patient was admitted to the infirmary where she came under the care of John Pulley , who did n't believe the story .
14 The ships had some 10 miles to go ; the MLs had used their extra fuel and filled the spare tanks with seawater as they stole into the estuary in two columns , headed by MGB 314 : These motorboats are difficult to handle at slow speed and Campbeltown was sluggish , but at speed she drew an extra foot aft and every inch counted as she came towards the mud .
15 She came towards the door .
16 She came at the same time ; then , as he lay there , quivering in his spent heat , she rolled off him and on to her knees .
17 Now she came at the bitter end and she never did anything .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 She came into the van and said she was the new person on the block or whatever — and bang — there she was , ’ Jason recalls .
22 James was aware of Sarah Byrne from the moment she came into the dining room carrying the soup tureen .
23 Do n't interfere , Eva , ’ he said , as she came into the room , alarmed by our shouting .
24 ‘ 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 .
25 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 .
26 The result was a striking contrast to the dull brown tinged with grey that Pamela had when she came into the salon .
27 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 .
28 As she came into the room we rose to greet her .
29 But in the end I became so frightened of her I used to start shaking when she came into the room .
30 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 .
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