Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if on your coming to England I am not the first person you look for , I shall be very hurt indeed ! |
| 2 | And what I hate even more is the thought that I 'm just the next number on your list . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not a fifth columnist , you know ! |
| 4 | I 'm not the first visitor to this little planet of yours , you know . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't kill him , but I 'm probably the last person to have seen him alive . |
| 6 | I never sit around , I 'm always the first person |
| 7 | I 'm only a fourth year ! |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | ‘ I felt betrayed , ’ said Quinn , ‘ when I discovered I was n't the first man . |
| 12 | Merchanting er , is the buying and selling of materials not the production of materials , and erm , I was probably the first person from this area , in the leather trade , to go to China and we started to do quite a large business with China , so that immediately I was on my own , the first big operation I took was to go to China and make very substantial purchases of pigskin leather . |
| 13 | The early evening rush hour slowed my return to Stuart Street but I was still the first home to No. 9 , and even Lisabeth seemed to be out or at least locked in her cage . |
| 14 | ‘ I was only the second actor to get a non-exclusive contract . |
| 15 | My predecessor , who played the double-bass , had been appointed in 1935 , and I was only the third headmaster to hold office since the death of Queen Victoria . |
| 16 | I have to avoid the last period on the second Friday in October , which is when the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist celebrates ‘ the rich goodness of God 's vegetables ’ . |
| 17 | Fourteen new mazes will open this year — locations include Blenheim Palace and Wookey Hole Caves — which is also the 300th anniversary of the maze at Hampton Court . |
| 18 | Sources hear that internationalisation work is under way , which is usually the last task before release . |
| 19 | The sequence begins ( as with Hegel ) with the establishment of the first object relation , which is therefore the first stage towards eventual self-consciousnesses . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , in London today the Imperial Cancer Research Fund is hosting a conference entitled Strategies for Chronic Disease Control , which is essentially an 80th birthday tribute to Sir Richard Doll , honorary consultant at the ICRF 's cancer studies unit at Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford . |
| 21 | But the purpose of the operation was completely transformed by Bush 's decision to double the number of troops , which was clearly the first step towards a war this year . |
| 22 | A Vietnamese airport official said they went through the usual passport and customs procedures and then boarded buses to Soc San reception centre which was also the first stop for almost 600 boat people who returned voluntarily from Hong Kong earlier this year . |
| 23 | And , of course , you must make sure you 're here the next time we come swimming . ’ |
| 24 | You 're not the first person to be impressed by her voice . |
| 25 | Nineteen fifty one , we moved in , er and , I 've had , you 're not the first person to come all round here , this house , they used , they used to come round in shows from the Corporation all visitors used to come , they used to say , right Jean can we bring them round we 've had people from Germany and everywhere and being in the architect 's department I fell for all this you know I had |
| 26 | You 're not the first person that have ever thought of it though , that 's what I 'm trying to say to you |
| 27 | ‘ I have to confess , you 're not the first woman I 've made love to . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | You 're only the second Scot I 've met in ten months . ’ |
| 30 | Last night there were a lot of people at the gig who were here the first time around and they can relate to what we 're doing . |