Example sentences of "first [noun] she [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first interview she said the strain of looking after her mother-in-law was considerable , that it was putting a strain on her marriage in that she and her husband were always quarrelling these days , and that she had got to the point when ‘ I feel I ca n't go on any longer ’ . |
| 2 | At her first ball she wore a plain , high-bodiced gown of lemon-coloured silk , with slippers to match . |
| 3 | At the top of the first sheet she wrote the subject of her first notes . |
| 4 | The first time she got no further |
| 5 | For the first time she saw the red tin container he had been hiding behind his back . |
| 6 | It was the first time she had a chance to look at him closely . |
| 7 | But now for the first time she recognised the chill of fear . |
| 8 | A frisson of fear scorched down Robyn 's spine and for the first time she recognised the potential danger of her situation . |
| 9 | It was empty , and for the first time she noticed the bolt on the door between galley and main cabin . |
| 10 | For the first time she felt a faint stirring of compassion for her own mother , whose obsession with her appearance , shopping , flirtation and gossip Julia had despised for as long as she could remember . |
| 11 | For the first time she felt the stirrings of something like power . |
| 12 | Not for the first time she cursed the lack of experience wth men that left her with no clue as to how to interpret what happened between them . |
| 13 | The first time she discovered the awful mess he had deliberately left in the kitchen , Beth was determined she would not be used as a skivvy . |
| 14 | For the first time she risked a glance at that dark Renaissance face with its clear-cut features and winged brows , the beautiful , thickly lashed eyes and chiselled mouth , the cleft chin and strong jaw . |
| 15 | The first time she rang the bell and went in through the front doors of the elegant old house where the showrooms were situated ( Mattli had no rear entrance ) Paula felt she was stepping into the place of her dreams . |