Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be [adv] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1856 and 1859 he travelled to Palestine and Syria and up the Nile beyond the sixth cataract ; he believed he was only the second European to have gone so far . |
| 2 | Ian Readman , honorary secretary of the Redcar Station , said he believed it was only the third time a crew at the station had received a medal in the 190 years since the Zetland was first launched from Redcar . |
| 3 | But a mental health charity says it 's not the first time such an incident has occurred . |
| 4 | His mother says it 's not the first time a window has fallen out of a school coach , and she 's calling for action to make the buses safe . |
| 5 | Because very often you , a father can be very keen on gardening and getting the children to help him is just the last thing . |
| 6 | • If gill damage does occur it is often the first site of activity for parasites and bacteria , and remedial action must be swift in order to prevent excess damage . |
| 7 | ‘ I suspect it 's probably the first decent meal you 've had for days , Melody . |
| 8 | ‘ I felt betrayed , ’ said Quinn , ‘ when I discovered I was n't the first man . |
| 9 | His prize was three hundred pounds and the silver cup and let's hope his is not the last name to get engraved on the Tour of Cotswolds Trophy |
| 10 | I guess it was n't the first tournament to be won and lost on the Road Hole at St Andrews . |
| 11 | Andropov produced a list of names with crosses against them , and I understood I was practically the last Presidium member who had not been ‘ sworn in ’ . |
| 12 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
| 13 | However , he thought it was probably the second language of no fewer than ninety per cent of Tanzanians . |
| 14 | I never re realised we 're doing a module in the eighth year was environment , I always thought it was always the ninth year ? |
| 15 | I even think I was not the first . |
| 16 | You 'll have to bear with me David , I think you 're only the second person I 've ever had , if you 'll excuse the expression , in this studio . |
| 17 | I think it 's possibly the thirteenth consecutive year I 've been on the committee and for the first time I 've managed to be elected . |
| 18 | If he has been deceived I am inclined to think he is not the first ’ . |
| 19 | Not surprisingly , part-time women were usually left to management 's mercies and when recession struck they were usually the first to go . |
| 20 | I 'm twice your age , I ought to take things like this in my stride — Christ only knows it 's not the first time . |
| 21 | I 'm informed it 's usually the fourth . |