Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [be] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Misreading the crumpled instructions I took the steps to the first floor , realised I should be on the fourth , so ran and eased myself through the closing lift doors , coming face to face with Malc . |
| 2 | I 'll be on the first flight on Sunday . |
| 3 | I think I 'll be on the next plane , but erm what about prices because that , again looking from the point of view of the recession , people have been a bit hard pressed for cash . |
| 4 | I 'll be in the sixth form next term ! ’ |
| 5 | Before I got pregnant it was taken for granted I 'd be in the sixth form , then when I found out , I thought I had two months to tell everybody I wo n't be back and they 're going to say , " How come ? " , so I was saying , " Oh God , I 'm going to fail my 0-levels , you wont see me back here again " . |
| 6 | ‘ If I was n't defending , I would be on the next plane home , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ President Mobuto and I will be in the second car , ’ Whitlock said to Masala . |
| 8 | Multiplied together , these give the ( 2 × 4 ) submatrix at the top left in A. The vertical partition in B , after the third column , and the corresponding partition in C , which must be after the third row , merely divide each summation into two parts . |
| 9 | I did n't begin here , with you and Dad , I began with an unknown woman called Elaine , a girl really , and a father who is n't in New Zealand after all , but who might be in the next street , the next house . |
| 10 | You foul my pitch and you 'll be on the next plane back to Athens , whether Harry Lawrence was a friend of yours or not , whether that damns your record … |
| 11 | Then Eddie said , ‘ You 'll be in the next shot so if you 'll slip into your rags we 'll … ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I shall raffle you , to see who will be in the first half dozen . ’ |
| 13 | You will be among the first to know how a new release can really help you , already evaluated and tested by our experts . |
| 14 | The Unionist fear is that we may be on the last verse of another . |
| 15 | We could be on the last flight . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If there is any trouble , we will be on the first plane home ’ |
| 17 | In this greater society " there must be in the first place a certain order of ranks between the chiefs of these particular ones . |
| 18 | The country does not have enough engineers , technicians and technician engineers to meet present demands , and we are very well aware of the great shortfall there will be in the 21st century unless more young people , especially girls , take up these careers ! |
| 19 | The country does not have enough engineers , technicians and technician engineers to meet present demands and we are well aware of the additional shortfall there will be in the 21st century created by the ‘ demographic shift ’ of the 1990s , unless more young people , especially girls , take up these careers . |
| 20 | The craftsmen at Hal Safi are ready and capable of supporting today 's propliners wherever they may be in the next century . |
| 21 | Oh I do n't , I just , I remember that er if you walked down er Road at night you 'd see him with his mortar board on and his curate by his side coming down to post the letters , and then when all these ladies were in Sammy shop one night being entertained by Sammy erm Father and his curate went by , and old Sammy turned round to the audience and said well if dressing up will get him anywhere they 'll be on the first row in heaven . |
| 22 | It may be a light aircraft twenty miles away , in which case they will go in their own cars , or it may be on the other side of the world , in which case they will be on the next airline flight in that direction and might not be home again for several weeks . |
| 23 | The typical small businessman in Hong Kong now has business interests in southern China , to complement his existing connections through kinship , and would much prefer that a cheaper project be put in place , with a view to the needs of Greater Hong Kong as they will be in the 21st century — this after full consultation with the Chinese authorities . |
| 24 | He undoubtedly expects them to lead the way to more responsible reporting ; if these discrepancies continue , they will be among the first in the boxing ring . |
| 25 | If asked to recall a date such a person will proceed by inference rather than by a direct introspective search , e.g. ‘ it can not be next week but it must be within the next month ’ or ‘ this kind of event is always on a Tuesday ’ and so on . |
| 26 | He 'll be on the tenth |
| 27 | It might be for the last time . ’ |
| 28 | Oxford Cheetahs will be racing next season … the bad news it 'll be in the second division without the stars |
| 29 | High Wycombe and Eccles could be earlier than the latter , as they are datable to before c. 175 A.D. , whereas it could be of the third century . |
| 30 | He would be at the next meeting in the church hall along with Swire Sugden , and were they in for a surprise ! |