Example sentences of "she [vb past] the [num ord] [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 | She lay back , her body rigid , as she reviewed the last few catastrophic days of her life . |
| 7 | Hefting a large , heavy pair of cable-cutters that had lain on a shelf , she let the first two go by . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | An hour later she added the last few remaining sticks and huddled down again . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She spent the first three months of 1814 in bed . |
| 14 | She spent the next 18 months putting a brave face on her illness , with lots of loving support from George . |
| 15 | Sure enough , not long afterwards she heard the first faint sounds of pursuit . |
| 16 | Yet she dreaded the next few hours . |
| 17 | Wriggling her shoulders and pushing with her feet , she covered the last ten yards . |
| 18 | She edited the first authentic magazine , Focus , whose contributors were accorded free access for their vibrant breakaway from Victorian ( Wordsworthian ) poetry . |
| 19 | She selected the first three pages — Lucy as she 'd been allowed to see her , and handed them over . |
| 20 | She undertook the first serious application of photography to science by making photograms of her extensive collection of algae . |
| 21 | She lost the first two babies , you know that , and she 's always done her best for you . |
| 22 | Ahl , 18 , from Exeter , outplayed her opponent particularly in the second set when she took the first five games . |
| 23 | That Sunday she took the first positive step towards keeping a check on her child . |
| 24 | She managed the next few hours without any problems — Marc seemed to be busy . |
| 25 | 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 ) |
| 26 | He raised the bone knife to the wooden lips and she felt the first gentle cut . |
| 27 | HER knees felt weak and butterflies flocked into her stomach as she felt the first hot flush of teenage love . |
| 28 | This time his kiss was a little more forceful , it lasted longer , and she felt the first light outbreak of heat on his skin . |
| 29 | Shakily she squeezed the last two glasses out of the bottle . |
| 30 | She did the next best thing . |