Example sentences of "she [verb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Pytchley , under Mr. George Payne , gave her two brushes — and three rousing cheers , for she enjoyed the first day 's hunting with them so much she stayed for a second . |
| 32 | That was probably the understatement of the decade , she acknowledged ruefully some hours later , as she grabbed the first opportunity of the entire afternoon to simply stop moving and stand still in one place for longer than ten seconds . |
| 33 | There was just time to shower and dress before Lucia arrived , smiling shyly as she delivered the first cup of coffee of the new day . |
| 34 | She dialled the first number : no reply . |
| 35 | She took the first train home . |
| 36 | She took the first set 6-4 but a sideways stretch to make contact with an English passing shot had the Belfast girl in trouble . |
| 37 | So she took the first lot back you know , the two boxes |
| 38 | A Miss , that 's right , she took the first class . |
| 39 | She intended to go straight to the second floor and find a policeman she could tell about the keys , but when she reached the first floor landing she veered into the newsroom instead . |
| 40 | When she reached the first hill , she looked back at Marlott and her father 's house with sadness in her heart . |
| 41 | Stuck behind an open truck full of jeering young boys for several miles , she seized the first opportunity to over-take as the truck signalled to turn left . |
| 42 | ‘ It is only simple , ’ she apologised as she brought the first course to the table . |
| 43 | And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’ |
| 44 | And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’ |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | Yes , already the numbness of shock was fading , and she felt the first spasm of the enormous pain that awaited her , and she was frightened . |
| 47 | And it was then , in that moment , that she felt the first twitch of anxiety . |
| 48 | She remembered the first time she 'd seen him , striding tall and long-legged into the reception area of the TV station , instantly dominating the place by sheer presence alone . |
| 49 | She won the first half , the Grand Prix , from Sven Rothenberger on Ideaal and Monica Theodorescu on Grunox . |
| 50 | For half an hour or so she had Barbara Paulus , ranked 21st to Durie 's 102nd , chasing shadows as she won the first set 6-2 . |
| 51 | if she had the first sign of anything . |
| 52 | He goes up through the hoops along the narrow , she said the first day when all the others were standing there shaking at the narrow bath he was just over it and down and she said you 've never seen him |
| 53 | As Mark began to reply , she said the first name with him , nodding her head the while . |
| 54 | Unable to bear this silent examination a moment longer , she said the first thing that came into her head . |
| 55 | She unfolded the first section . |
| 56 | She accepted the first price offered by the first jeweller , not realizing that she could probably have raised fifty per cent more money by bargaining or trying other shops . |
| 57 | " All right , " she accepted the first bath without hesitation , " shall I leave the water in for you ? " |
| 58 | But Jodi , a Rhodes scholar , will get her chance later this month , when she becomes the first woman to turn out for the men in the annual varsity match against Cambridge . |
| 59 | Instead she blurted the first thing that came into her head . |
| 60 | Did she find the first reward insufficient and return again and again for more bites at this financially rewarding cherry ? |