Example sentences of "[conj] she [vb past] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was then , in that moment , that she felt the first twitch of anxiety . |
| 2 | It appears that she created the first men by patting yellow earth together . |
| 3 | hers were the number the second one out , so she had the second choice |
| 4 | She could not remember any more words , so she said the first words again , quietly but very clearly . |
| 5 | Yes , already the numbness of shock was fading , and she felt the first spasm of the enormous pain that awaited her , and she was frightened . |
| 6 | He stood back then , and let her go , and she mounted the first flight , and the second , planting her fashionable square heels firmly on the beautiful old wood , which was austerely and very properly without covering , and recorded her movements accurately for anyone listening below . |
| 7 | Two years ago the same infections almost killed her and she received the last rites . |
| 8 | if she had the first sign of anything . |
| 9 | But she swung the second door in her hand uncertainly . |
| 10 | William read through the article , finding two literals , while she finished the last page . |
| 11 | Blanche waited for the door to click before she asked the next question . |
| 12 | A young woman who was with her hid when she heard the first shots and witnessed what happened . |
| 13 | She was in her first-floor sitting room , secure in her easy chair , when she heard the first sirens , saw the first police cars turn into her street . |
| 14 | Mrs Elliott broke new ground when she became the first woman solicitor in the firm about 15 years ago . |
| 15 | When she read the first word , J O E , her heart gave a great leap . |
| 16 | Jessica dropped back a short way — the Polo handling the terrain without a struggle — and thus was in a position to take the view full-frontally when she rounded the last corner . |
| 17 | When she took the last fence it brought her right around the wood , opposite the point where the Master had asked them to fan out . |
| 18 | When she woke the next day , the house was silent . |
| 19 | When she woke the next morning , she found them even more entrancing . |
| 20 | She went back to bed but when she woke the next morning she was in terrible pain and called a nurse for help . |
| 21 | She intended to go straight to the second floor and find a policeman she could tell about the keys , but when she reached the first floor landing she veered into the newsroom instead . |
| 22 | When she reached the first hill , she looked back at Marlott and her father 's house with sadness in her heart . |
| 23 | Concentrating on keeping her gift level and unsquashed she climbed the Casa Guidi stairs carefully , glad when she reached the last bend . |
| 24 | To his surprise a smile began to tug at her cheeks and when she finished the second reading she laughed aloud as though in relief . |
| 25 | When she awoke the next morning , however , she was able to put all such thoughts firmly from her mind as she simply strengthened her resolve to keep her relationship with David Markham purely on a professional basis . |
| 26 | ‘ It is only simple , ’ she apologised as she brought the first course to the table . |
| 27 | This fantasy was so vivid to her that she would even rehearse this line out loud , looking at herself in her mirror as she smoked the last cigarette of the night , after she 'd taken her face off , after all the noise was over and we 'd all gone home . |
| 28 | As she reached the last step Travis appeared through a door to her left . |
| 29 | Helen Alfredsson , winner of the 1990 Weetabix British Women 's Open , was heading the European contingent , being five under par as she mounted the tenth tee . |
| 30 | And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’ |