Example sentences of "she [verb] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She read the first two pages and felt a blush rise from her palpitating bosom up her neck to suffuse her face . |
| 2 | Tenderly , she laid the first few bundles in the pail and sat back on her heels , blackened fingers curled , like a housewife waiting for the stove to light . |
| 3 | By the end of the year she was rewriting the record books as — with her UK sales alone more than 2 million — she became the first female artist to have her first five singles go silver . |
| 4 | She became the first female singer to top the festive chart twice . |
| 5 | On the way back , she became the first British square rigger to round Cape Horn in 55 years . |
| 6 | Hefting a large , heavy pair of cable-cutters that had lain on a shelf , she let the first two go by . |
| 7 | Our President , Lady Braithwaite , appearing in public for the first time in her new role , was warmly greeted , and during the afternoon she drew the first lucky winners of our 200 Club , a most important new venture to raise badly needed funds for the Society . |
| 8 | THE Republic 's President , Mary Robinson , was the toast of a remote island community today when she opened the first licensed premises on Inishturk in Clew Bay . |
| 9 | She organized the first Red Cross women 's camp , and during World War I was commandant of a Voluntary Aid Deteachment hospital in Glamorganshire , for which she was appointed MBE . |
| 10 | Anna has come a long way from the Romanian orphanage where she spent the first two years of her life , a malnourished , incontinent infant with a shaven head . |
| 11 | She spent the first three months of 1814 in bed . |
| 12 | However , if he or she survives the first half hour , there is a good chance of complete recovery . |
| 13 | Sure enough , not long afterwards she heard the first faint sounds of pursuit . |
| 14 | She edited the first authentic magazine , Focus , whose contributors were accorded free access for their vibrant breakaway from Victorian ( Wordsworthian ) poetry . |
| 15 | She selected the first three pages — Lucy as she 'd been allowed to see her , and handed them over . |
| 16 | She undertook the first serious application of photography to science by making photograms of her extensive collection of algae . |
| 17 | She lost the first two babies , you know that , and she 's always done her best for you . |
| 18 | Ahl , 18 , from Exeter , outplayed her opponent particularly in the second set when she took the first five games . |
| 19 | That Sunday she took the first positive step towards keeping a check on her child . |
| 20 | She sent the first correct solution selected and knew that the teams this century who appeared in FA Cup finals and were relegated in the same season were Brighton ( 1983 ) , Leicester ( 1969 ) , Manchester City ( 1926 ) and Chelsea ( 1915 ) |
| 21 | He raised the bone knife to the wooden lips and she felt the first gentle cut . |
| 22 | HER knees felt weak and butterflies flocked into her stomach as she felt the first hot flush of teenage love . |
| 23 | This time his kiss was a little more forceful , it lasted longer , and she felt the first light outbreak of heat on his skin . |
| 24 | The defending solicitor tried to fault her on identification but she described the car as having a metallic paint job , wide wheels and a number of triangular stickers in the rear window ; she also thought that she could remember a couple of fluffy dice hanging from the rear-view mirror , and she gave the first three letters of the registration number . |
| 25 | Anne Dickie , Manager Royline Sales , said regional awards had been introduced so that the efforts and results of branches could be better highlighted and rewarded — and she praised the first three winners . |
| 26 | In 1928 she published the first general history of the women 's suffrage movement , The Cause , and in 1931 Millicent Garrett Fawcett . |