Example sentences of "first [noun sg] since she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the ensuing proceedings the local authority were the applicants , W. 's aunt was first respondent since she had parental responsibilities concurrently with those of the local authority and W. was the second respondent by the Official Solicitor as her guardian ad litem . |
| 2 | In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London . |
| 3 | A light breeze made play with her skirts and , for the first time since she had arrived at Yelton , she wished she could let down her hair and feel the wind run its fingers through it . |
| 4 | For the first time since she had moved back into the house , she knew she could n't face an evening with Jacob . |
| 5 | In fact she lay in the warm , dark grey shadows of her room quite at peace for the first time since she had come to Italy . |
| 6 | Jelka looked about her , letting herself relax for the first time since she had heard of the attack on the Project , drinking in the harmony of the garden . |
| 7 | She thought she might even be able to get a good night 's sleep for the first time since she had arrived at the house . |
| 8 | A sense of self-preservation cautioned her not to stick around , and before he could react she sprinted up to the house , feeling strangely exhilarated for the first time since she had left England . |
| 9 | ‘ Daddy , darling , ’ Alyssia said , smiling genuinely for the first time since she had stepped foot back on to English soil and kissing him on the tip of his nose , ‘ in your own cantankerous way , you 've put your finger right on the button . ’ |
| 10 | Next morning , for the first time since she had started at G.W. , she arrived late , almost too terrified to step across the threshold . |
| 11 | He looked at McAllister for the first time since she had begun to help him , and saw her strained white face , the eyes enormous in it . |
| 12 | It was the direction of her life she was questioning , for the first time since she had settled on a career . |
| 13 | He looked as if he was going to protest , but his eyes caught her face , and for the first time since she had known him Nelson was one hundred per cent a grown-up . |
| 14 | For the first time since she 'd appeared she said his name , tentatively , as though in this darkness she 'd suddenly doubted he was real . |
| 15 | He guided her every step of the way , and for the first time since she 'd joined C 's Circus she felt like a woman being seduced . |
| 16 | His voice had deepened , the words becoming more guttural as for the first time since she 'd met him he seemed to struggle with a language which was not his own . |
| 17 | For the first time since she 'd met him there was genuine warmth in his eyes , concern robbing his features of their normal granite harshness . |
| 18 | She could see it in his face , his guard , for the first time since she 'd known him , completely lowered . |
| 19 | For the first time since she iced her Dad , Jazzbeaux felt she really had a purpose on this dull earth . |
| 20 | For the first time since she arrived in Rome , the connection came up immediately and she could hear Nora 's voice , distant but clear , at the other end . |