Example sentences of "[verb] her [prep] [pos pn] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These , when they hatch , provide her with her first work force . |
| 2 | To this the Queen returned a gracious reply which while maintaining the full impartiality of the Crown encouraged me to continue to do my best to serve her as her First Minister . |
| 3 | He remembered , suddenly , how she had looked when he had seen her after her first shock treatment , her lips bitten and bruised . |
| 4 | I remember her at my first supper at Grove House and it was evident from listening to those in the know that Nancy was not just a someone , but a very special someone . |
| 5 | Because she disliked it so , he found a fleeting pleasure in calling her by her first name . |
| 6 | As she gathered up the bedding and cushions she had hung out of the windows to air before the evening earth began to exhale dew , she wondered whether she should fetch out her best mantilla , the white lace her mother had given her for her first communion , which she never wore because it seemed so showy , and had n't worn even yesterday for the Easter Mass . |
| 7 | For instance , if I have a student in my class old enough to be my mother , is it appropriate to call her by her first name ? |
| 8 | It would , he had informed her at their first meeting , be mostly a matter of watching and listening for the moment . |
| 9 | The amniocentesis test had proved everything was normal and she had done her best to push into the background the treacherous thoughts about it which had assailed her on her first visit to the gynaecologist . |