Example sentences of "come [adv] to her " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had come home to her earlier when she discovered that the Prince had sent a bouquet of flowers to Camilla when she had been ill . |
| 2 | If somebody failed to come up to her own high standards the directness she had inherited from her Australian background meant they would soon know . |
| 3 | She was quite the most attractive thing in the café now that the colour had come back to her face and she had regained her normal cheerful manner . |
| 4 | That , she thought , was as good an idea as any , and on silent feet she went as swiftly as she had come back to her kitchen . |
| 5 | She turned her head a little , and he saw that the calm had come back to her face , but now there was light and colour in it , as if the blood curbed and slowed to solitude and stillness had begun to flow again . |
| 6 | but she could , I du n no perhaps we can work something out , I du n no , er failing that we 'd have to come out to her house |
| 7 | She had decided to come back to her job . |
| 8 | So far from convincing Karen she was wrong , by the Sunday afternoon I had come round to her point of view . |
| 9 | Since their mother 's death Claudia had hoped to come closer to her sister , but Dana had the world at her feet and she laughed at all Claudia 's attempts to resurrect the bond they had shared as children . |
| 10 | The lassitude still on her , she came slowly to her feet and looked down at the boy , who stood up , shifting uneasily . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not … ! ’ she began hotly , but his finger came swiftly to her lips , stopping the outburst . |
| 12 | More handsome than ever in his morning suit , his black hair gleaming with a brilliant sheen , and his eyes , his once dark and brooding eyes , now alight with the glow of love in them , Marc came swiftly to her side . |
| 13 | What hope would she have with the local police when the issue came down to her word against Guido 's ? |
| 14 | Michele gave her a mocking look , which intensified as colour came in to her cheeks . |
| 15 | His mouth came gently to her neck and she gave herself again to the lion . |
| 16 | Ruth came quickly to her senses . |
| 17 | His words came clearly to her ears , haughty , unemotional and cut by an unmistakable hostility and dislike . |
| 18 | Her mother came up to her room a short while afterwards and found Pamela in a very distressed state with the empty bottle in front of her and blood on her clothing . |
| 19 | Victoria came up to her father , clutched his arm , and looked up at him excitedly . |
| 20 | The grass in the garden was uncut and came up to her calves . |
| 21 | One morning , when the forest was covered in snow , Babushka was outside busily clearing snow from her path when three travellers came up to her gate . |
| 22 | The atmosphere of the house came up to her nostrils , sour as a stale vacuum flask , redolent with the sad effluent of stodgy clerical dinners . |
| 23 | Not that it ever really came up to her expectations , but this year — spending it at the vicarage with Mark and Sophia and her mother — she had hoped for at least a glimpse of Rupert Stonebird . |
| 24 | He came up to her room when she 'd finished changing . |
| 25 | Moynihan had been in his time a University cox and a flyweight boxing blue , and barely came up to her elbow . |
| 26 | When the mother came up to her bedroom she asked what was going on . |
| 27 | She came back to her chair , sat down , leant forward . |
| 28 | She saw him go to the bar and order a tray of Cokes and crisps for the children , and by the time he came back to her table carrying two mugs of coffee she had composed herself a little . |
| 29 | Aycliffe 's eyes came back to her face . |
| 30 | Her eyes came back to her father 's face and she drew a breath . |