Example sentences of "she [vb past] her first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Cambridge she met her first husband , Sebastian Manning , who introduced her to a world in which socialism , far from being ridiculous , was natural , chic , colourful , confident , artistic : Sebastian 's parents were artists of some repute , one a painter , the other a potter , and they did not think much of the austerities of Dr Leavis . |
| 2 | In October this seemingly unbeatable filly went to France for the Prix du Conseil Municipal , and here she met her first defeat , beaten two and a half lengths by the 66–1 outsider Presto . |
| 3 | A passing labourer directed her , and it was in this anxious , preoccupied state of mind that she made her first appearance in Overclyst . |
| 4 | A week later she made her first score from a dealer in Times Square . |
| 5 | The Flack team restored her to pristine condition as G–FURY , and she made her first flight at Elstree in June 1980 . |
| 6 | Ambitious to make it to the top , she divorced her first husband , became one of the country 's leading models and in 1946 had her first screen test with Twentieth Century-Fox . |
| 7 | She described her first heartbreak meeting with a woman dying of AIDS , her body , racked by infections , visibly wasting away . |
| 8 | Having to rely on staff Directors in-between other assignments , she found her first choice , Paddy Russell , unavailable at the last moment , and second choice , Richard Martin , only free for one episode . |
| 9 | Signs of the tenacious Selina ambition had already begun to show at the age of 13 when she secured her first job on the Darlington and Stockton Times . |
| 10 | Staring at the rain , she recalled her first conversation with Emilia , how they had discussed The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and the woman had protested a righteous indignation at the thought of a wife deserting her husband . |
| 11 | She recalled her first meeting with Michael Stein , when he had admitted to possessing drugs in the Far East . |
| 12 | Bao Van Brandenburg started her career in jewellery design in Geneva , where she opened her first boutique in 1978 . |
| 13 | The story goes that , in 1963 , she opened her first Sunday Painters Art Studio in Burbank , California . |
| 14 | ‘ Not the best shoes for a day out , ’ remarked Brown Owl as she opened her first aid kit . |
| 15 | She breastfed her first child for more than a year . |
| 16 | ‘ We could n't believe it when she took her first step five months later , ’ Mrs Hamlet said . |
| 17 | Then , with some breaks ( nothing from 1918 , 1922 and 1923 ) , we go through to 1924 , when at Covent Garden she sang her first Marschallin on stage , making history and her house début at the same time . |
| 18 | Vee Clark has written to say she bought her first knitting machine from Julia 18 months ago and has been very happy to have her help on more than one occasion . |
| 19 | She bought her first antique when she was just a teenager — an Edwardian bed for £8 , slightly less than her weekly wage at the time . |
| 20 | She gave her first election address , she said , at the age of 6 . |
| 21 | AT 2 she performed her first solo — as a bee emerging from a flower ! |
| 22 | I 'm especially pleased Tracy chose the Evert Cup for her comeback and that she had her first success here . ’ |
| 23 | She had her first child , then I had mine , and then she had her second child . |
| 24 | She had her first operation when she was 21 days old and has never experienced the life of a healthy child . |
| 25 | On Saturday she had her first visit from a member of her family her grandson , the Duke of York . |
| 26 | Eventually she would train them to produce the kinds of designs she favoured , but for the moment , until she had her first collection down on paper , quite frankly she could n't spare the time . |
| 27 | Her last visit to the hospital was in 1950 when she had her first baby there . |
| 28 | So , worn out and aching in every limb , she had her first bath in the marvellous bathroom , and retired to her own bed . |
| 29 | She had her first meeting this morning with a textiles importer called Colin Weatherhead , who had promised to show her a range of fabrics he was positive she was going to love . |
| 30 | Perhaps she knew he wanted a son , perhaps she said her first marriage broke up because her first husband found out he was n't the father . ’ |