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

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1 Mrs Beveridge cared for Leanne 's two children in her home for the first 24 hours of the siege .
2 The wind was taken out of her sails in the first two minutes when Oswin handed her a hundred pounds .
3 In her report on the first two years , Ms Costigan said : ‘ The area where they live is a tourist area and on the whole is a very beautiful area , but for the young people who live here it does have its drawbacks . ’
4 A woman has the right to stop work until her child is three and gets a third of her salary for the first 18 months .
5 Bridget looked after her son for the first eighteen months before getting a job so he recognises her as his mother , whereas it could be quite easy for a baby to start calling its grandmother " Mum " .
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