Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] she came " in BNC.

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1 Mary 's bare feet made no sound he could have picked up and she came right to his door .
2 ‘ I was simply trying to find out if she came from a family that loved good literature . ’
3 The baby overbalanced her ; she moved awkwardly when she came up and held out her hand .
4 He was talking to James , and stopped abruptly when she came into the room .
5 Cos mum made me laugh tonight but she came in and she said oh you can have a hot cross bun there , I said well I think I 'll have a piece of chocolate cake and she said alright then !
6 When Nan rushed in , pulling her hat and coat off as she came in , she laughingly looked at the clock and said , ‘ Made it all but a minute , miss .
7 He did n't look around when she came in , but asked her over the sizzling of bacon whether she wanted anything to drink .
8 In the end the mother found us , grunting softly as she came over , nuzzling the calf and licking its cheek and neck .
9 She admitted later that she came thinking this was just some hare-brained scheme , but left with the understanding that it was a well-thought-out and well-planned idea .
10 He was leaning against a table and he straightened up as she came in .
11 He glanced up as she came in and swept everything back into the drawer .
12 She pictured them all staring up as she came in and Michael Swinton giving rapid orders to Punch as he had done before , and saw herself putting her basket on the table and showing him what she had brought , the taste and spirit of Christmas from Bishopstow , from her house , her own establishment .
13 He looked up as she came in and to her irritation she saw the amusement was back in his eyes .
14 All went well until she came to a small boy in the second row .
15 She backed away , one hand raised to ward him off , stopping abruptly as she came up against the edge of the table .
16 And you know , you know when we thought , yeah well she 'd , she 'd just come on when she came down to my house and she was really , really , really in a happy mood !
17 Then she realized she 'd forgotten to kneel down when she came in , and blushing , sank to her knees .
18 They backed away as she came on , bowing abjectly .
19 He stood up when she came in and waited until she had taken the chair on the other side of the desk .
20 He stood up when she came in and gave her a big friendly smile .
21 She must have changed radically since she came to France , a carefree young woman writing home enthusiastic letters about her life in the sun .
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