Example sentences of "she come upon " in BNC.
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1 | Further along she came upon an upturned Welsh dresser with a hand protruding out from underneath it . |
2 | To her surprise , within a very few minutes of passing the broken signpost , she came upon her ‘ pony tree ’ . |
3 | One afternoon the following week , Mary was coming into the yard having been to hear the banns read for the last time , when she came upon a group of local women standing around gossiping about the wedding . |
4 | At length , she located the literature department and , entering , asked the first student she came upon where she might find Dr McKitrick . |
5 | Her tone was a little agitated for she had also just seen Faustina mount the refreshment table and pick her way delicately among the dishes of the cakes and savouries , sniffing the air , ready to pause and pounce when she came upon something that took her fancy . |
6 | Hurrying , she came upon him kneeling by Hector , whose howls had reduced at sight of rescue to pathetic whimpers . |
7 | She came upon him quite suddenly . |
8 | She came upon the leather-worker further along the street surrounded by a mob of youths who were beating and kicking him . |