Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] to be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I happened to be the last person of my family there . |
| 2 | A fierce aunt shocked me by telling me shyness is a form of rudeness and selfishness , and that I had to be the first to talk to two people . |
| 3 | I wanted to be the first to welcome my new assistant to this benighted spot . ’ |
| 4 | The most poignant lesson , which proved to be the last , was held a few days before the wedding . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh sir ! ’ said Mrs Crump faintly and for a moment she threatened to be the second act to Miss D'Arcy 's opener . |
| 6 | Mr Levy , a Moroccan-born former building worker , who aspired to be the next Likud leader , announced his intention to resign last week in a power struggle with Mr Shamir . |
| 7 | There are a lot of people who know of a colleague who appeared to be the last person to go under — ‘ Jim always seemed such a jolly , easygoing chap ’ — until his absence one day was followed by news of his nervous breakdown , or heart attack , or suicide . |
| 8 | ‘ It is n't very gallant of me to say so , ’ he added , softly kissing her fingertips , ‘ but the fact is , Marissa had decided that she wanted to be the second Mrs Wyndham — while I , my darling , was only interested in the first . ’ |
| 9 | Then , we wanted to be the first men at the North Pole . |
| 10 | They claimed to be the first all-women trade union to strike for recognition and their cause is well known in El Salvador because — as they describe it — they had to fight the " marines " ! |
| 11 | If it happened to be the first Sunday in the month my mother , my Aunt Gertrude and my two sisters ( after their respective confirmations ) went to early service — 7 o'clock Holy Communion at the Parish Church of St. Martin 's . |
| 12 | It proved to be the last London double-decker bus with the passenger 's entrance at the rear . |
| 13 | Surviving until 1932 , it proved to be the last newspaper published inside the country by that organisation . |
| 14 | Mr Chihana made it clear , however , that he intended to be the first opposition leader to confront the government openly from inside Malawi . |
| 15 | Combining the new technique with the scientific system of the Roman law , Gratian and his school were able to provide the Church with what came to be the first part of its corpus of official law . |
| 16 | Cassie felt compelled to continue to talk , as though her chatter could put right what appeared to be the first wrong note of the evening . |
| 17 | What appeared to be the last rites were then administered by Kevin McDonald , whoise storming try was converted by Pugh , but with three minutes to go Moon , not to be eclipsed , cut loose for his third try and Watkins landed the match-winning conversion from far out on the left . |