Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [be] [art] [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compaq Computer Corp says it is the first major personal computer manufacturer to receive a 1993-1994 US General Services Administration Schedule contract , which runs to March 31 1994 and makes it easier for the federal government to buy Compaq products at pre-set prices . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh no , darling , you did n't think you were the first clever little bitch to have the idea ? |
| 3 | Iberia reckons it is the first European carrier to offer flights from America to third countries . |
| 4 | He ate pork chops in tomato sauce with us that evening , and claimed it was the first good meal he had had in six months . |
| 5 | I 'm told it 's the 43rd single release off the album they said they 'd split up after if it did n't outsell Guns N' Roses ( or something ) . |
| 6 | When the 28-bedroom Sundial opened it was the first new hotel in the town for 240 years . |
| 7 | I do not suppose I am the first naive monolinguist who thought he could pick up the language on the street , somehow acquiring it passively just by basking in the babble of the market , like getting a tan . |
| 8 | I think I am the last British poop artist because the total effort of all groups now in 1990 is to be as international as possible … but I 'm not a part of it . |
| 9 | Erm the Financial Times you showed er I think including the F T Group and Les Echo er in , in the profit analysis , but you did say that their operating profit was up ten percent th the F T Group which I take it to mean they made fourteen point three , leaving I think four point two to Les Echo You did also say that Les Echo had gone from strength to strength but f from my figures I think it 's a third successive decline in their profit . |
| 10 | Er I think it 's the er I think it 's the third General Meeting er of the Worsley Constituency Liberal Democrats . |
| 11 | Just Do It is the first long climb to reach the ranks of the modern desperate . |