Example sentences of "first time [prep] [pos pn] life she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally she could see a gleam in Rachel 's eye , as though she might suddenly ask him if his intentions were honourable , but for the first time in her life she learned to be grateful for her mother 's good manners . |
| 2 | It was the first time in her life she had ever hit anyone . |
| 3 | For the first time in her life she felt as if the veil had been stripped from her idol and she was looking at the real person who hid away inside a beautiful body , seeing her through the eyes of others who had no family love for her to colour what they saw . |
| 4 | For the first time in her life she felt she had outdone Paula , who had never , ever , arrived home in a taxi ! |
| 5 | For the very first time in her life she needed someone . |
| 6 | For the first time in her life she 'd allowed someone to hook on to her . |
| 7 | It was the first time in her life she 'd heard Frank say something bold to his father . |
| 8 | For the first time in her life she was doing something for herself ; doing it without help from anyone , and what was more , she was getting it right . |
| 9 | Sinead 's father John saw the progressive school in Waterford as a last chance for his wayward daughter and for the first time in her life she came across a school where she had nothing to rebel against . |
| 10 | For the first time in her life she was conscious of being independent and in charge . |
| 11 | As the head snuggled into her and the thin arm came round her waist , Aggie drew in a long tight breath ; then when her own arm automatically went around the child , she closed her eyes tightly , because for the first time in her life she was feeling flesh close to her own . |
| 12 | She now does yoga , and says that for the first time in her life she wakes up feeling calm and generally finds that thinking positively works . |
| 13 | Only out on the water with Pedro panting in the prow had she dared to admit that for the first time in her life she had felt herself a prisoner at the Hall . |
| 14 | For the first time in her life she felt radiantly satisfied , as though she had somehow managed to find all the answers to every question she had ever asked about herself . |
| 15 | For the first time in her life she was n't being rational , and the realisation both excited and horrified her . |
| 16 | For the first time in her life she felt the fetters of discipline and caution falling from her as her spirit , fired by the ritual movements of her supple body , soared to another plane . |
| 17 | Almost for the first time in her life she checked her wilful and impulsive self , even questioned a little a previous action or speech . |
| 18 | For the first time in her life she faced the truth of her past , clear-eyed as her formidable father 's daughter ought to be , devoid of pride and love of self , and inspected what had brought her to this pass . |
| 19 | For the first time in her life she forced herself to stand back , to try to look at her father impartially . |
| 20 | For the first time in her life she realised just how little opposition she had ever had to face — in anything . |