Example sentences of "[prep] she [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Likewise , Mr Clark has had to explain that his remark to Mr Lamont ( ‘ I can see you were n't at Eton ’ ) is derogatory not of the chancellor but of Mr Clark 's alma mater , where ‘ you were surrounded by shits and knew what shits were , the sort of people who could vote against Her in the first round . |
| 2 | She was picturing her daughter , her beloved Angel , and as the pony stepped daintily over the cobbles she was counting the minutes until she was with her for the first time in nearly six months . |
| 3 | At first I was bitterly jealous of Rachel and only wanted Jacob to love me more than her to win something from her for the first time in my miserable life , but by the end of that blissful week , I found that I , unfortunately , had also fallen victim to his charms . |
| 4 | Of the twenty original members it is likely that only two ( Sir Keith Joseph and Airey Neave ) voted for her on the first ballot for the leadershiP election in 1975 . |
| 5 | Nothing came for her by the first post . |
| 6 | Its bluish-black eyes seemed to focus on her for the first time . |
| 7 | It dawned on her for the first time that perhaps the other woman had married for money . |
| 8 | Anne herself found that when she voiced her grievances quietly and calmly , rather than screaming them , her family paid attention to her for the first time . |
| 9 | Her heart thumped painfully as she remembered him making love to her for the first time , the hard , forceful thrust of his body coming much quicker than she had expected , an abrupt shock after all the gentleness that had gone before . |
| 10 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 11 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 12 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 13 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 14 | It sounded as though the reality of what they were doing had come home to her for the first time . |
| 15 | On the premise that ‘ too many cooks spoil the broth ’ , he asks us to reiterate that day to day management of the Village is in the hands of the Warden , Mrs. Pat Holmes , and any guidance , questions or advice on such matters should be addressed to her in the first instance . |
| 16 | The lines of experience were marked on her face and although she still had all the exuberant charm which had drawn him to her in the first place , he thought she looked older than he knew her to be . |
| 17 | He kept asking her to get to the point as he was in a meeting , while she was waiting for him to get to the point , since , as far as she was aware , he 'd made the call to her in the first place . |
| 18 | Sitting beside her in the first half were the managing director of Digital Equipment Mr Geoffrey Shingles , and the Chairman of the Sadler 's Wells Trust Professor Gerald Manners ; and in the second Mr Richard Martin director of Corporate Affairs at Digital , and Mr Jeremy Isaacs the Director of the Royal Opera House . |
| 19 | How did you come across her in the first place ? ’ |
| 20 | He looked at her for the first time with real unease . |
| 21 | He looked at her for the first time since the beginning ; her head was still turned away , her hands over her face ; she had shown no further response to anything he had done . |
| 22 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 23 | Infected by his laughter the wife of the younger mandarin smiled , and Joseph looked at her for the first time . |
| 24 | Cheryl looked at her for the first time . |
| 25 | He shrugged , leaning back in his chair , smiling at her for the first time with that devastating smile which made her heart beat faster . |
| 26 | He looked at her for the first time and saw the tears on her cheeks that were glistening in the starlight . |