Example sentences of "she was [adv] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only was she was the first woman ever to gain the imperial throne by her own machinations , she was also the first to institute the practice of official cunnilingus . |
| 2 | She was also the first Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro . |
| 3 | She was also the first woman painter to achieve this status . |
| 4 | And no doubt she was n't the first woman to realise that . |
| 5 | and I said well she was n't the last time I saw her |
| 6 | She was anyway the last I heard . ’ |
| 7 | She was not the first person to wonder about the secret of Harry Short 's success . |
| 8 | This was another remarkable achievement since she was only the second woman solicitor to become a Recorder , a position totally dominated by barristers and by men . |
| 9 | She was always the first to start work in the morning and the last to stop at night . |
| 10 | Only one of the eagles was out , and that was the tawny eagle , which was strange , since in this weather she was usually the first to take shelter . |