Example sentences of "[subord] she came [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like everyone else in the village , he knew who she was and where she came from . |
| 2 | And if people remembered her they would not have known where she came from . |
| 3 | Where she came from , where she was going to , or what her name was , nobody knows . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ So you do n't know anything of Mrs Marr 's background , where she came from , who her friends were ? ’ |
| 5 | Where she came from , the Gates of Heaven Ajar were the finest tribute , floral or otherwise , that she could offer . |
| 6 | Tomorrow , she assured herself , as she brushed her teeth , she would wake up with total recall of who she was and where she came from . |
| 7 | Although she came from a financially privileged background , her education was superficial , governesses being followed by day-schools , a brief interlude at King 's College , London , where she possibly read Latin , continental history , mathematics , and elementary science for two terms , and a year in Dresden . |
| 8 | Julia could n't sleep because she could smell them in her room , so she came into my room to talk to me . |
| 9 | Once she came to Mansfield Street with the King , and stayed over four hours , arranging and playing with everything , much to the chagrin of a lady in waiting who was kept firmly outside the drawing room ! |
| 10 | She read on , about Jesus being born in Bethlehem and about King Herod and did not stop until she came to the line about Rachel weeping for her children . |
| 11 | As soon as she reached the open deer-park she ran , and she hardly paused until she came to the broad track that sloped down to the marsh , smiling and vivid green in the late afternoon sunshine . |
| 12 | Meryl tucked the papers under her arm and decided to walk around the boundary until she came to an alternative entrance . |
| 13 | She had never mentioned living anywhere but in Hove , until she came to London to live with Margaret . |
| 14 | By then it was agreed that Karen would do temporary work until she came to Hillmarden House in November . |
| 15 | Head down , she ran through the wood , past the beech tree and the stile , not stopping until she came to Dormer Cottage . |
| 16 | All went well until she came to a small boy in the second row . |
| 17 | And she brushed past him and continued down the road until she came to a place where two paths crossed and there was a little clearing . |
| 18 | She walked through the streets until she came to the litter of a part of town which teetered unbecomingly between abject decline and frenzied development . |
| 19 | But , pushing him aside , she gathered her cloak around her , made so bravely from those two old plush tablecloths , and began to walk downhill — the direction she happened to be facing — until she came to St Jude 's churchyard where she sat on a gravestone , her head in her hands , and shivered . |
| 20 | She dived down the first alleyway , until she came to the window beside the white door with the red strip on the step . |
| 21 | She waited silently behind the door , her face flushed , half excited , half disappointed that he did n't take it further by knocking for admittance , until she came to her senses . |
| 22 | Then she swam along the bank until she came to the old pontoon . |
| 23 | She ran along the line , stumbling over the planks , until she came to the old pit and the line of empty skips . |
| 24 | Rueing her own stupidity , yet somehow unable to stop herself , she ran a finger down until she came to her horoscope . |
| 25 | Bypassing the entrance to the huge living-room , which looked dim and shadowy in the faint glow from the circular night-lights sunk into the wooden-slat ceiling , she followed the passageway until she came to another flight of steps , which obviously led down to the lowest level of the house . |
| 26 | So she kept to the woods , following the way Pedro had led , until she came at last to the clearing at the head of the ride . |
| 27 | It was not until she came across a book by Sylvia Crowe , who pointed out how often the English countryside is spoilt by gardens blazing in colour which intrude on the natural backdrop , that she realised her mistake . |
| 28 | A similar video was made showing the physical environment of the mainstream school and the tutor group of which the child would become a member if she came to the school . |
| 29 | In any case , she would know the face again if she came across it . |
| 30 | ‘ I was simply trying to find out if she came from a family that loved good literature . ’ |