Example sentences of "first she [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so erm , it was n't as though these children ran across an open zebra crossing and she could see the children travelling er , walking or running all the way across the er er er er the pedestrian crossing the two children one was estimated by her to be about six years old , and the one who was actually knocked down was estimated by her to be about er , nine years old and she was n't travelling at any significant speed at all , she was travelling slowly because of the amount of traffic and she says that er the first she saw them was erm , appearing from the behind a car and dashing across the front of her car , and in fact , it was only the the the one who ran first the the older of the two children that she actually hit , she hit hit her with the near side front of er of her vehicle . |
| 2 | At first she thought she might take Leo into her confidence . |
| 3 | At first she thought he was just fooling around , but he quickly turned vicious . |
| 4 | At first she thought it was one of the old ones and she almost wiped it out . |
| 5 | At first she thought it was a burst of panic , which did n't surprise her , knowing what a coward she was . |
| 6 | At first she thought it was her eyes playing tricks ( did she have eyes ? ) , but then she recognized it : the glow cast by the Women 's spears . |
| 7 | At first she thought it was the sea , but then she saw it was the pool of tears . |
| 8 | Someone was shaking her violently , shouting at her , and at first she thought it was part of her nightmare . |
| 9 | At first she thought it was like a watch-tower , because the roof sloped down to the tops of the two windows , making them the most important things . |
| 10 | At first she told him that she wanted to be near her cousin Freddy , in the Engineers . |
| 11 | The action took her by surprise , and at first she told herself to remain calm and to take the kiss in the spirit it was being given , which was merely a making up between friends after cross words . |
| 12 | From the first she took her meals with Anna . |
| 13 | Dot thought at first she meant it was unkind for the man to be so constricted by the many instruments strapped to all parts of his body . |
| 14 | First she said there was no room in the car , but when Mr Sylvester said he would use the minibus her excuse was jerked from under her feet . |
| 15 | First she said she was going to marry Dunbar and then … |
| 16 | But I have made her promise to teach me to cook a little even though at first she said she would n't think of it . ’ |
| 17 | First she got someone she did not know , then she got Marshall and finally she got Wickham . |
| 18 | At first she treated his request in a light-hearted way and broke into a fit of giggles . |
| 19 | At first she identified herself by initials alone , styling herself a ‘ minister or servant of the Gospel ’ , and she did not indicate her gender or give her full name until 1651 . |
| 20 | But she could n't ever see me , though I think at first she knew I was around , so now I mostly stay where I am and amuse myself with some of the other kids who are here too . |
| 21 | First she dedicated her song that night to the man who was bleeding ( he was still in The Bar , the taxi had n't come yet ) , and then to the men who had brought their fists down on his face just two streets from her Bar . |
| 22 | ‘ At first she hated it , ’ Louise continued , ‘ it seemed so remote and , in the thirties , of course , it was . |
| 23 | The thought lit a mischievous little spark deep within , and at first she shook her head , telling herself it was a ridiculous idea . |
| 24 | But first she invited us to her retreat in rural Sweden to talk about life , love , family — and home |