Example sentences of "[verb] she [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage . |
| 2 | ‘ I have fished a poison-tongued mermaid from the sea , ’ he 'd grinned , straightening and gazing down at her as if inspecting her thoroughly for the first time . |
| 3 | Could that even have been why Branson had invited her back in the first place ? |
| 4 | She was being a bit of a weed and in any case I went to cheer her up in the first place . ’ |
| 5 | The Cambridge local examinations had only just been opened to girls and her performance in mathematics placed her alone in the first class . |
| 6 | He had wanted her almost from the first moment , and he had loved her for nearly as long . |
| 7 | He had n't been exactly jumping for joy to have her here in the first place , as she knew very well . |
| 8 | She is already at work on her next disc , but what of that Rodrigo concerto which set her off in the first place ? |