Example sentences of "[verb] her first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | EDINBURGH-BASED Rachel McFadden has her first competitive test of current form in Bracknell this weekend at the British modern tetrathlon championships . |
| 2 | She felt like a government health warning , but the sheer pleasure of having won her first big race made up for it all . |
| 3 | Critics in America savagely panned her first big movie , Christopher Columbus : The Discovery . |
| 4 | They had both forgotten Anna 's exceptional hearing but suddenly Anna whispered her first agonised words for more than twenty-four hours . |
| 5 | ‘ Sarella ? ’ he murmured , shifting his weight a little to enable her to continue her first tentative exploration . |
| 6 | The Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna made her first practical contribution to the improvement of conditions in the countryside when she asked Nikolai Miliutin to tell her how to free the serfs on her Ukrainian estate of Karlovka . |
| 7 | When Hannah made her first public bow , she was constantly in the company of an elderly white cow called Her Ladyship and her love for this awkward beast touched a certain public soft spot — the British are well known for their protective , caring attitude toward animals . |
| 8 | GEENA DAVIS got her first acting break — by posing in a shop window . |
| 9 | The widow of publisher Robert Maxwell has given her first in-depth interview since leaving her home in England . |
| 10 | She was stiff and tense in every muscle but she had done her first good day 's work since the discovery of the murder . |
| 11 | Emma Carrick-Anderson ( Dunblane ) secured her first senior British title by winning the women 's slalom . |
| 12 | Chris Lysons , Great Harwood 's goalkeeper , will remember her first National League game for different reasons . |
| 13 | She 's celebrating her first international victory in the women 's doubles at the Spanish Open . |
| 14 | At the time of the Korean War , when Attlee helped to persuade Truman to drop any idea of using the atomic bomb against the Chinese mainland , Britain had not exploded her first nuclear weapon . |
| 15 | She never forgot her first proper view of the château . |
| 16 | She may have been totally unprepared but she still managed to win her first round match quite comfortably . |
| 17 | Before The Ring Culshaw , Nilsson and Björling had come together in 1961 to record her first complete Verdi role , Amelia in Un ballo in maschera . |
| 18 | When she signed her first big contract , Marilyn reputedly said , ‘ That 's the last cock I 'll have to suck ’ , though at the same time she seemed to be looking around for greater conquests . |
| 19 | SOPHIE B. HAWKINS landed her first big break after she was sacked by pop rival Bryan Ferry . |
| 20 | Though she was passing through what has been called her first industrial revolution , there was as yet little to show for it in the landscape . |
| 21 | A DECISION was being taken today on whether the 92-year-old Queen Mother , newly released from hospital , can immediately get back to work by attending her first official engagement , scheduled for tomorrow . |
| 22 | Olympic champion Sally Gunnell , having her first individual race of the season , also made a bright start over 400 metres hurdles . |
| 23 | Olympic champion Sally Gunnell , having her first individual race of the season , also made a bright start over 400 metres hurdles . |
| 24 | Consequently she was having her first decent sleep in a couple of nights when her alarm clock went off the next morning . |
| 25 | LITTLE Laura Davies was spending her first full day back at home in Britain today . |
| 26 | As well as fine-tuning his own stamina and fitness by clocking up to 70 miles in training each week , Paul has been helping his 12-year-old daughter Sacha in her bid to compete her first four-mile London mini-marathon . |
| 27 | She game her first inaugural address at the diocesan meeting held in Chester . |
| 28 | She owed this irritating man no explanation — yet out of fairness to Margaret , whose concern was painfully felt , she felt obliged to qualify her first short answer . |
| 29 | Helmsley artists Fiona Scott , sister of TV presenter Selina , presents her first major exhibition at the Stable Gallery , Wandsworth Common in London tomorrow . |
| 30 | AT the weekend , ITV weathergirl Rianna Scipio , 26 , compered her first public event , Fashion Noir , at the Park Lane International Hotel in London 's Earls Court for an audience that included Linford Christie and footballer Ian Wright . |