Example sentences of "she [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.

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1 Susan Einzig can also recall the shock and anger she experienced on first seeing this picture .
2 She tried at first to do so in a properly genteel way , nibbling daintily .
3 Fine , she always manages to do it , she complains at first that she 's got too much to do , but she always gets in done in time , as well as her own work .
4 Who 's did she look at first ?
5 It takes my breath away , so although she is half asleep she gets in first : ‘ Did you get through ? ’
6 She thought at first that it was an apple pip in her mouth .
7 She thought at first that his ordeal had been too much for him and that his mind was wandering .
8 She thought at first somebody had left a bundle of washing in the telephone box .
9 She thought at first it was something she had eaten .
10 She thought at first it had been shot .
11 She saw at first hand the imperialist arrogance of the British in her mother country , aptly illustrated by the signs in the parks which baldly stated ‘ no dogs or Chinese allowed ’ .
12 I did n't know what she meant at first .
13 Perhaps she had been closer to the truth than she had at first suspected with her taunts about Theo Quinn ; and , although she no longer wanted Ben , she felt that , if this were to prove the case , it would be a great waste of promising material .
14 When she was beginning to cry out for him , while he still hovered over her , taunting her with the prospect of even now being denied what she had at first fought against , he demanded her verbal surrender too .
15 Baffled by the elderly woman 's total animosity and unreasonable behaviour , she had at first responded by being anxiously deferential — abjectly agreeing to every outrageous demand on her husband 's precious time , despite not seeing very much of him herself .
16 He swigged his champagne with such abandon that Ruth knew he had swallowed Maria Luisa 's explanation of their affair with the same ease as she had at first .
17 ‘ They found this girl … ’ was all she said at first .
18 The words were so softly spoken that she wondered at first if she 'd heard correctly .
19 She wondered at first if she 'd heard him right .
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