Example sentences of "she had [vb pp] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she still remembered how , as the car began to climb into the lake land hills , she had seen her first mountain — a sharp blue crag that , outlined against the sky , had made her sit up and stare . |
| 2 | When she had seen him first , she had marked him as a " bully " , one of those who kept the brothel girls in line . |
| 3 | She was stiff and tense in every muscle but she had done her first good day 's work since the discovery of the murder . |
| 4 | She had passed her first Challenge ! |
| 5 | It was Louisa as much as the doctor who supervised the carrying of Emilia into the Hall , holding her cold hand , murmuring small phrases of consolation and encouragement as the improvised litter was lifted carefully up the stairs and the invalid laid in the same bed where she had passed her first night at Easterness . |
| 6 | It was from the card inside that she had learned their first names : Teodor and Sophie . |
| 7 | Bluebeard had been a private joke — an exclamation she had been unable to stifle as they 'd rounded the cliff at the head of the valley and she had got her first glimpse of the imposing turreted Castell Rocamar . |
| 8 | She had divorced her first husband because he showed signs of becoming like her father , and now , at her second attempt , the man she had married , while not apparently planning to emulate her parent , yet found him admirable . |
| 9 | Her therapist had , naturally , put it to her that she had married her first husband just because he resembled her father , but Scarlet had rejected the suggestion quite emphatically : he had been a quiet , timorous boy until he discovered the excitement of chasing women , and he had not been artistic at all . |