Example sentences of "[vb past] her [noun sg] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The black trousers caught her eye first , displayed catchingly in the window on a mannequin with the same colour hair as her own . |
| 2 | It was Jenny who found her voice first , and Sara 's heart was caught by the tremor in it . |
| 3 | But this time when I go back I mean to stay and die there , because , let me tell you ’ — she wagged her finger first at the Colonel and then at Reginald — ‘ there 's a time coming when there 'll be no France and very little England , or any place else . ’ |
| 4 | Maggie had always wanted to drive and passed her test first time . |
| 5 | Like Diane Barker , of Bishop Auckland , a deaf teenager who passed her test first time in 1984 after having special mirrors fitted so she could lip read commands from the driving instructor without taking her eyes of the road . |
| 6 | From 1538 , Mary , widow of Francis of Orleans , duke of Longueville , and then aged twenty-three , spent her life first as the wife of James V , when she fulfilled her function as queen by producing two sons , only to see both of them die , and then as queen dowager fighting to maintain her daughter 's interests . |
| 7 | A female was believed to come back after a night 's hunt and give her milk to whichever baby grabbed her teat first . |
| 8 | We saw her room first . |
| 9 | Now she was a young widow , dignified but vulnerable , busy but not tastelessly careerist ; she believed that she always put her family first . |
| 10 | Isobel had her wedding-ring first . |
| 11 | Avril had been advised to have chemotherapy , but she wanted her wedding first . |