Example sentences of "to she [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anne herself found that when she voiced her grievances quietly and calmly , rather than screaming them , her family paid attention to her for the first time . |
| 2 | Her heart thumped painfully as she remembered him making love to her for the first time , the hard , forceful thrust of his body coming much quicker than she had expected , an abrupt shock after all the gentleness that had gone before . |
| 3 | The unremitting contempt had become unendurable , although it occurred to her for the first time that Luke might actually resent her . |
| 4 | The Inspector turned to her for the first time , but if he was cheered by her observation he gave no sign of his approval . |
| 5 | It occurred to her for the first time that there were a couple of curious anomalies in her childhood . |
| 6 | It occurred to her for the first time that there was no sign of a car , apart from her own . |
| 7 | It sounded as though the reality of what they were doing had come home to her for the first time . |
| 8 | On the premise that ‘ too many cooks spoil the broth ’ , he asks us to reiterate that day to day management of the Village is in the hands of the Warden , Mrs. Pat Holmes , and any guidance , questions or advice on such matters should be addressed to her in the first instance . |
| 9 | The lines of experience were marked on her face and although she still had all the exuberant charm which had drawn him to her in the first place , he thought she looked older than he knew her to be . |
| 10 | He kept asking her to get to the point as he was in a meeting , while she was waiting for him to get to the point , since , as far as she was aware , he 'd made the call to her in the first place . |