Example sentences of "her [noun] [conj] [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 Nora Fanshawe raised her head and for the first time he saw her smile , an ugly harsh smile of self-mockery .
2 Now he drew himself upwards and stepped back from her , and it seemed to give her space to breathe , for she drew air into her lungs and for the first time she spoke , almost whimpering now : ‘ I …
3 The wife obligingly lifted her arm and for the first time there was a flash of something pale , as if to show that there really was flesh and blood beneath the shapeless black garment .
4 If a girl is lucky and her parents are alive , she goes to her mother 's house for the last few months of her pregnancy and about the first three months of the baby 's life .
5 The pregnant mare needs about 14 percent of he diet in protein during the last third of her pregnancy and in the first three months of lactation .
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