Example sentences of "the first time in her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While her unpleasant husband shut himself in his room and wrote letters , she explored the island with Paul Masson and for the first time in her life ‘ tasted and touched the salt , the sand , the seaweed , the odorous soft bed of the receding sea , the dripping fish ’ . |
| 2 | An elderly English lady , with a tendency to pre-war propriety , who told me on the Friday that she was afraid it would all be ‘ another load of pretentious American rubbish ’ , said on Sunday that she had learned to open up for the first time in her life . |
| 3 | In her bedroom now , sipping her whisky , she acknowledged for the first time in her life that if she had to make a list of the happy times , it would properly have to include the hours she had spent with Graham in his garden . |
| 4 | About six months after the dinner party she realised that , for the first time in her life , she had turned down a decent journalistic commission in order to start work for a crazy old lady off Ladbroke Grove , whose garden specialised in old roses , and who was insistent about sterilising soil before new plantings . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | As she ran up to her room she was , for the first time in her life , actively grateful to Phoebe and Rachel for their absolute laws of tidiness . |
| 7 | Suddenly , and for almost the first time in her life , apart from in her dreams , Marie felt that she was in a position of power . |
| 8 | It was the first time in her life she had ever hit anyone . |
| 9 | Maggie glanced at Laura , realizing for the first time in her life that she was stronger than her sister . |
| 10 | For the first time in her life Miss Fogerty was in command , and found she liked it . |
| 11 | Paula and Louise were looking lovely too — Paula in a little white top with a boat shaped neck and a bright turquoise circular skirt , Louise in a figure hugging number which left none of her curves to the imagination — but for the first time in her life Sally felt she could compete with them on equal terms . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | For the first time in her life she felt she had outdone Paula , who had never , ever , arrived home in a taxi ! |
| 14 | For the first time in her life she 'd allowed someone to hook on to her . |
| 15 | But this baby , boy or girl , she wanted this baby to look like Edouard , who had made her happy , truly happy , for the first time in her life . |
| 16 | Once at the first theatre , Dinah dismissed it , and gave the man too small a tip , for the first time in her life ; he scowled and spat as he drove off , and this disconcerted her ; never again , she swore , would she be short of money . |
| 17 | It was the first time in her life that she had been openly insulted . |
| 18 | She left shortly , having surprised Dinah for the first time in her life ; and there were to be more surprises . |
| 19 | When , during dinner , Freddie Nash happened to refer to his wife , for the first time in her life Liza experienced acute jealousy . |
| 20 | It was the first time in her life she 'd heard Frank say something bold to his father . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | For the first time in her life , she felt her power as a woman . |
| 24 | For the first time in her life she was conscious of being independent and in charge . |
| 25 | She was delighted to be abroad — for the first time in her life — and pleased to see Louise again . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | For the first time in her life , perhaps , the Astropath had been psychically blind as well as visually so ; utterly isolated . |
| 28 | Peter made Anna , for the first time in her life , fond of home . |
| 29 | For the first time in her life Horatia was terrified of Rossmayne There was insanity in his eyes , and she knew without a doubt that at that moment he wanted to murder her . |
| 30 | " My only consolation is that for the first time in her life Horatia is in pain . |