Example sentences of "and she [vb past] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He raised the bone knife to the wooden lips and she felt the first gentle cut . |
| 2 | This time his kiss was a little more forceful , it lasted longer , and she felt the first light outbreak of heat on his skin . |
| 3 | In 1991 , she won more matches on clay than any other player , ( 24 ) , and she had the fourth best win/loss record of all players on that surface , ( 24/3 ) , with a percentage success rate of .904 , although it should be noted that , in 7 attempts to date , she has been unable to overcome the dominant hitting of Seles . |
| 4 | Anne Dickie , Manager Royline Sales , said regional awards had been introduced so that the efforts and results of branches could be better highlighted and rewarded — and she praised the first three winners . |
| 5 | The defending solicitor tried to fault her on identification but she described the car as having a metallic paint job , wide wheels and a number of triangular stickers in the rear window ; she also thought that she could remember a couple of fluffy dice hanging from the rear-view mirror , and she gave the first three letters of the registration number . |