Example sentences of "she [verb] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 In the Ladies ' Singles , Jenny Binns is defending the title she won for the first time last year .
32 She smiled for the first time at him .
33 She smiled for the first time in hours .
34 She smiled for the first time , wincing as the pull of facial muscles reminded her she 'd had a crack on the head .
35 She spoke for the first time since luncheon began : " Darling , your spinach , please . "
36 She searched for the first page of Ararat .
37 She said she said for the first week you unwind , I thought if we have a weeks holiday that means that the time you unwind you 're back to work again !
38 ‘ Foreigners get poorer and poorer , those that are left — and there are hardly any left ’ , she wrote in the first month of the war .
39 As she left for the first night party , she just had time to tell us what she thought :
40 On finishing it , had she realized for the first time that he meant to kill her ?
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