Example sentences of "she [adv] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cambridge local examinations had only just been opened to girls and her performance in mathematics placed her alone in the first class . |
| 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 | Belinda says : ‘ I remember looking at her clearly for the first time , searching for that visual connection with my family or her father 's , some genetic connection to identify myself with her , but seeing instead that otherness — the look of a stranger . |
| 4 | He had n't been exactly jumping for joy to have her here in the first place , as she knew very well . |
| 5 | He had wanted her almost from the first moment , and he had loved her for nearly as long . |