Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 However , I am sure of the next Giants : Catherine Cookson 's The Maltese Angel ( Corgi ) is her second this year ; and ace vet James Herriot 's Every Living Thing ( Pan ) is his first for 10 years .
2 I 'm due off the first tee at ten past twelve .
3 ‘ But you 've taken me so deep I feel as though I 'm complete for the first time .
4 Well , I must admit I 'm happy with the last 6 games .
5 so I 'm stuck for the next three weeks and half a week because I , you know I get the , August bank holiday I get two days , saying that they 're probably going up to Grans for a week in the holidays er sometime to stay with her particularly with her being on her own as well this year
6 Bob 's put down for the Wednesday and the Thursday off , so it 's the Tuesday and the Friday I 'm stuck on the second week
7 If I was born on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh right , no if I was born on the eleventh about nineteen hundred , then on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh , announce , that 's when I was born zero , six , six , eleventh , eleventh , sixty-six , I was eleven on the eleventh of the eleventh of seventy-seven , I was , I was twenty-two on the eleventh of the eleventh , eighty-eight , I was thirty-three on the eleventh of the eleventh noticed how they 're all double all the way through
8 ‘ The whole experience has been a lot of fun and the crew have been fantastic , especially in the very beginning because I was nervous for the first few days .
9 I was nervous for the first few missions — but once you 'd done it you could cope .
10 His voice breaking with emotion , the 54-year-old Australian businessman said outside prison near Perth : ‘ I was innocent in the first place .
11 Born on the eleventh of the eleventh sixty-six , that 's a zero , so I was eleventh of the eleventh seventy-seven
12 Well the thing is , I got caught once before in the other place when I went to Manor of the Groves where I tried to book out erm and found I was late for the first erm
13 If I was born on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh right , no if I was born on the eleventh about nineteen hundred , then on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh , announce , that 's when I was born zero , six , six , eleventh , eleventh , sixty-six , I was eleven on the eleventh of the eleventh of seventy-seven , I was , I was twenty-two on the eleventh of the eleventh , eighty-eight , I was thirty-three on the eleventh of the eleventh noticed how they 're all double all the way through
14 Last year I was fifteen for the third time round .
15 I did n't want to tell her I 'd done nothing at all so I told a sort of white lie — said I was halfway through the first draft .
16 I was one of the first chefs to put gastronomic vegetarian meals on the menu seven years ago .
17 I was one of the first ones to be flown out and then there was a postal hold-up so I had real trouble finding out what was going on , and also trying to organise to have him brought home .
18 And , ‘ I was one of the first Medicare patients .
19 In February 1990 I was one of the first two secondees from the accountancy profession to join the Investigations Division at the DTI .
20 It was after 1 am when I got up from the table , and I was one of the first to retire !
21 Perhaps I was one of the first women in the entire province of Parma to be ‘ liberated ’ in that sense .
22 But I was er here I was one of the first People have forgotten that there was such a thing as a fitting shop in you know , in .
23 Since I was one of the first to awaken , my noise was far from popular , and I received a few kicks and blows from my neighbours , in their kindly efforts to speed my recovery .
24 I was one of the first to leave , making my way back to Number 11 unobserved .
25 I always thought I got cast in The Graduate because I was one of the last ones to be seen .
26 I was lucky on the seventeenth .
27 I was fine for the first few pages .
28 And I could n't have been , I could n't get out to help him I was stuck between the first and second floor !
29 If I was born on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh right , no if I was born on the eleventh about nineteen hundred , then on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh , announce , that 's when I was born zero , six , six , eleventh , eleventh , sixty-six , I was eleven on the eleventh of the eleventh of seventy-seven , I was , I was twenty-two on the eleventh of the eleventh , eighty-eight , I was thirty-three on the eleventh of the eleventh noticed how they 're all double all the way through
30 All I can think is , I was wrong in the first place .
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