Example sentences of "first she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so erm , it was n't as though these children ran across an open zebra crossing and she could see the children travelling er , walking or running all the way across the er er er er the pedestrian crossing the two children one was estimated by her to be about six years old , and the one who was actually knocked down was estimated by her to be about er , nine years old and she was n't travelling at any significant speed at all , she was travelling slowly because of the amount of traffic and she says that er the first she saw them was erm , appearing from the behind a car and dashing across the front of her car , and in fact , it was only the the the one who ran first the the older of the two children that she actually hit , she hit hit her with the near side front of er of her vehicle . |
| 2 | At first she thought it was one of the old ones and she almost wiped it out . |
| 3 | Who at first she thought was not Jim . |
| 4 | At first she thought it was a burst of panic , which did n't surprise her , knowing what a coward she was . |
| 5 | At first she thought it was her eyes playing tricks ( did she have eyes ? ) , but then she recognized it : the glow cast by the Women 's spears . |
| 6 | At first she thought the monster had gone . |
| 7 | At first she thought it was the sea , but then she saw it was the pool of tears . |
| 8 | At first she thought she might take Leo into her confidence . |
| 9 | At first she thought Angel was coming to her bedroom , and her heart beat wildly with joy . |
| 10 | Someone was shaking her violently , shouting at her , and at first she thought it was part of her nightmare . |
| 11 | At first she thought it was like a watch-tower , because the roof sloped down to the tops of the two windows , making them the most important things . |
| 12 | At first she thought of wolves as she listened to the furtive movement in the woods to each side of the river . |
| 13 | At first she thought he was just fooling around , but he quickly turned vicious . |
| 14 | At first she asked Gabriel to sit there , but just then Mr Boldwood arrived , apologizing for his lateness . |
| 15 | Mabel had told everyone that she was sure that war was about to start , and at first she seemed disgruntled that she had been proved wrong , but soon was as ecstatic as everyone else about the news . |
| 16 | The action took her by surprise , and at first she told herself to remain calm and to take the kiss in the spirit it was being given , which was merely a making up between friends after cross words . |
| 17 | At first she told him that she wanted to be near her cousin Freddy , in the Engineers . |
| 18 | She said a troubadour needs only three things , an instrument , a horse , and a lady love , and the first she desired to give me , and the other two I must find for myself . |
| 19 | From the first she took her meals with Anna . |
| 20 | At first she went all over the place , this way and that , and then into a spin . |
| 21 | At first she declined to accept it , wanting it sent back . |
| 22 | Lunia was flattered at having her portrait painted by a gifted artist , but at first she felt rather intimidated by the experience . |
| 23 | At first she felt slightly awkward , but he said little , merely stood and watched her , and she was relieved that she had no difficult cases , but found the work straightforward . |
| 24 | Dot thought at first she meant it was unkind for the man to be so constricted by the many instruments strapped to all parts of his body . |
| 25 | First she opens one of his eyelids to check the pupil , then she puts her finger inside his mouth to make sure his tongue does not block the airway . |
| 26 | At first she 'd given no thought to missing for a month , putting it down to the trauma of losing Pa , but by the time nothing showed for the third month running there could be no doubt that the worst had happened . |
| 27 | There was talk in the racing press of her being retained by one of the country 's top trainers for next season , but that was the first she 'd heard about it . |
| 28 | And his face was lined , though at first she 'd thought him young . |
| 29 | First she 'd learned that her grandmother , whom she adored , was dangerously ill , and had been at her bedside ever since . |
| 30 | This was the first she 'd heard about any programme notes . |