Example sentences of "she [vb past] to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 When she moved to a secretarial college , we wrote daily .
2 She gestured to a half-open door beyond him .
3 But her parents moved to the United States , she transferred to an American university , and after a while stopped answering his letters .
4 In Newcastle she came to a self-service cafeteria and , with a cup of tea in her hand , went to an empty table .
5 Suddenly recalling some of her brother 's youthful enthusiasms , she came to a lame halt .
6 She came to a skidding stop in front of Guido and Ronni , her lovely bright-eyed face breaking into a huge smile .
7 She came to a familiar boulder ; it had fallen where the river met the hollow that over the years had become the pond .
8 When she walked into the kitchen she came to a shocked halt .
9 Walking despondently upstairs , and into Mrs McMahon 's bedroom to leave the outfit , she came to a shocked halt .
10 All went well until she came to a small boy in the second row .
11 And then she came to a small rise in the land and there was a man , his head under his arm .
12 Jessamy was halfway to the drawing-room at the back of the house , where she kept her drawing materials , when she came to a sudden halt .
13 She came to a full stop , quite overcome , quite unable to continue such a pedestrian account .
14 She came to a little patch of sand , the bottom of a miniature canyon , and on the far side of it there was a smooth grey rock , sliced neatly off at the top to make a platform .
15 She began to walk through the wood , and after a while she came to a little house .
16 But at last she came to a painful decision .
17 A stitch seared her side and she came to a stumbling halt , pressing her palms to the painful place , waiting until the sharp sting had eased a little .
18 She had gone a long way , when she came to a big foot .
19 Meryl tucked the papers under her arm and decided to walk around the boundary until she came to an alternative entrance .
20 Vitor supplied , when she came to an awkward halt .
21 She began to walk forward rapidly , but a couple of minutes later she came to an abrupt stop .
22 She came to an abrupt halt , stooped and sniffed , wrinkling her nose at the odour of whisky .
23 In the main cabin she came to an abrupt halt , feeling distinctly foolish .
24 She dropped to a cautious crouch .
25 Brigadier Canford admired the lightning reflexes , the way she adjusted to a not-very-easy pony in seconds and showed up the others as she ruthlessly shoved them out of the way and cat-and-mouse-whipped the ball away just as they were about to hit it .
26 To find the answer , she turned to a published league table of the world 's worst weeds .
27 It was difficult to believe that she was only a few years younger than his mother ; both mentally and physically she belonged to a different generation .
28 It was common practice , for example , for a brothel-keeper brought before a court to claim that he or she belonged to a privileged nationality .
29 The 41-year-old mother realised she was being followed by two men as she returned to a multi-storey car park after a lunchtime trip to a supermarket in Fareham , Hants .
30 She flew to an old gate and picked
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