Example sentences of "she [vb past] [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She experienced for the first time the frightening inhospitality of city streets . |
| 2 | She realised for the first time how Benjamin must be feeling . |
| 3 | ‘ But only because when we turned up at the solicitor 's to work out the marriage settlement — her idea , not mine — she realised for the first time that I was n't as rich as she thought . |
| 4 | Speechless , she glared at him , then felt the colour start back to her cheeks as she realised for the first time what he was dressed in , which was very little indeed . |
| 5 | But as she sipped the hot , reviving brew , she realised for the first time since buying the house just how very quiet it was — eerily quiet . |
| 6 | When she got to the first landing , her mother 's bedroom door suddenly flew open and her mother burst out . |
| 7 | She had n't missed him at all when he died , but now she realized for the first time that she had lost her father . |
| 8 | She realized for the first time fully consciously that she was ill at ease with , even afraid of , very tall men . |
| 9 | When she heard the voice of Sam 's mother she realized for the first time that it was more than likely that her own mother would , during the course of the evening , make some reference to the dinner-party which , she had been led to believe , was taking place in Pam 's house . |
| 10 | She claimed she had never realised the significance of the tape , which she played for the first time ‘ weeks later ’ . |
| 11 | She noticed for the first time that he was wearing a pair of white , glowing incongruously in the twilight . |
| 12 | She noticed for the first time that they had stopped , and looking round , discovered that they were outside the house . |
| 13 | She noticed for the first time that he had a slight limp . |
| 14 | In her bedroom now , sipping her whisky , she acknowledged for the first time in her life that if she had to make a list of the happy times , it would properly have to include the hours she had spent with Graham in his garden . |
| 15 | She returned to the first column . |
| 16 | As she descended the stairs , she appreciated for the first time how far she had fallen from grace . |
| 17 | She exhibited for the first time in spring 1900 at the New English Art Club , an organization with strong Slade connections , and continued to show there twice yearly until 1903 . |
| 18 | What a pity she did not discover that all she needed in the first place to remove the ‘ writer 's cramp ’ was to rest her right elbow on the table when writing instead of letting it hang over the edge without support ! |
| 19 | When Anne left them she thought of the first time she had stood on that corner saying goodnight to John . |
| 20 | The thought had no sooner entered her mind when she tripped over the first slat of the drawbridge and fell to her knees before she could save herself . |
| 21 | Only when Bert Rafferty was called to give evidence did Harriet Tremayne show any sign of breaking down , as she listened for the first time to his description of exactly what had happened on that harrowing morning . |
| 22 | She listened for the first time in ages , pouring herself another glass of wine , knowing she was drinking a little too much , but doing it out of a desire to annoy Luke . |
| 23 | A month ago he had come to see her and now she understood for the first time that what he had said to her then would change her life . |
| 24 | Coming back , she saw for the first time that a letter addressed to herself lay on the kitchen table . |
| 25 | So much that she fell on the first excuse to put some distance between them . |
| 26 | When she got home , she felt for the first time in months the need to write a letter , to commit her thoughts and feelings to paper and communicate through the medium of paper and pen with someone . |
| 27 | In the Ladies ' Singles , Jenny Binns is defending the title she won for the first time last year . |
| 28 | She smiled for the first time at him . |
| 29 | She smiled for the first time in hours . |
| 30 | She smiled for the first time , wincing as the pull of facial muscles reminded her she 'd had a crack on the head . |