Example sentences of "she [vb past] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if to make up for the early deaths of her sisters , she lived to a ripe old age , dying in the Almshouses at Dorking on 4 November 1855 , aged eighty-seven . |
| 2 | Later she moved to a proper — and vast — gallery on West Broadway . |
| 3 | When she moved to a secretarial college , we wrote daily . |
| 4 | She gestured to a half-open door beyond him . |
| 5 | In Newcastle she came to a self-service cafeteria and , with a cup of tea in her hand , went to an empty table . |
| 6 | Suddenly recalling some of her brother 's youthful enthusiasms , she came to a lame halt . |
| 7 | She came to a skidding stop in front of Guido and Ronni , her lovely bright-eyed face breaking into a huge smile . |
| 8 | She came to a familiar boulder ; it had fallen where the river met the hollow that over the years had become the pond . |
| 9 | When she walked into the kitchen she came to a shocked halt . |
| 10 | Walking despondently upstairs , and into Mrs McMahon 's bedroom to leave the outfit , she came to a shocked halt . |
| 11 | A little farther on she came to a small white cottage , in the porch of which stood a nutcrackery old woman whom Breeze mentally dubbed the Witch of Endor . |
| 12 | All went well until she came to a small boy in the second row . |
| 13 | And then she came to a small rise in the land and there was a man , his head under his arm . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She came to a full stop , quite overcome , quite unable to continue such a pedestrian account . |
| 16 | She began to walk through the wood , and after a while she came to a little house . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But at last she came to a painful decision . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She had gone a long way , when she came to a big foot . |
| 21 | She came to a wealthier part of the town where the streets were quieter , and before long she had reached her destination . |
| 22 | She dropped to a cautious crouch . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | To find the answer , she turned to a published league table of the world 's worst weeds . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | These natural gifts she submitted to a vigorous discipline . |
| 29 | She called to a white-haired technician , ‘ Chas , do us a favour will you ? |
| 30 | With guidance she picked a long , beaded dress with a side split and see-through sleeves , which she wore to a special anniversary dinner . |