Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb past] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | So she took the first lot back you know , the two boxes |
| 2 | ( London ) , gaining a first in mental and moral science and a second in mathematics , while three years later she became the first woman to be awarded a D.Sc . |
| 3 | Actually it was only a matter of perhaps fifty seconds before the first convulsive rattle of protest shook his ribs , and then she felt the first thread of breath drawn out long and fine under her coaxing fingers as she sat back from him . |
| 4 | Instead she blurted the first thing that came into her head . |
| 5 | Sure enough , not long afterwards she heard the first faint sounds of pursuit . |