Example sentences of "she [vb past] [art] first [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She read the first page of a review copy of the new novel by a Royal Shakespeare Company actor and put it down again when she realized she had n't taken in a single word . |
| 2 | The way she smiled as she exhaled a first lungful of smoke suggested she fully intended her remark to be ambiguous . |
| 3 | She opened the first bottle of wine , and went down to the door . |
| 4 | That was probably the understatement of the decade , she acknowledged ruefully some hours later , as she grabbed the first opportunity of the entire afternoon to simply stop moving and stand still in one place for longer than ten seconds . |
| 5 | There was just time to shower and dress before Lucia arrived , smiling shyly as she delivered the first cup of coffee of the new day . |
| 6 | And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’ |
| 7 | And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’ |
| 8 | Actually it was only a matter of perhaps fifty seconds before the first convulsive rattle of protest shook his ribs , and then she felt the first thread of breath drawn out long and fine under her coaxing fingers as she sat back from him . |
| 9 | Yes , already the numbness of shock was fading , and she felt the first spasm of the enormous pain that awaited her , and she was frightened . |
| 10 | And it was then , in that moment , that she felt the first twitch of anxiety . |
| 11 | if she had the first sign of anything . |