Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [be] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't think so love there 's the first of the money lender so only a big one , once
2 I 'm not saying we were the first , bloody hell , it sounded dated when we did it .
3 I do not suppose I am the first naive monolinguist who thought he could pick up the language on the street , somehow acquiring it passively just by basking in the babble of the market , like getting a tan .
4 No , I just thought it was a last one that you missed out on , I do n't know .
5 Just Do It is the first long climb to reach the ranks of the modern desperate .
6 And whichever sort they happen to be , they always think they 're the first of their kind .
7 Slater also says it 's the first and only time he 's ever seen clock ratings take such baby steps — 33 to 40 to 45 to 50 .
8 Also note who is the first player to congratulate any scorer — and look extremely chuffed …
9 ‘ Oh , come on , you do n't really think you 're the first man who 's issued me this kind of invitation ? ’
10 I do n't think anything 's the twelfth of July .
11 ‘ Oh no , darling , you did n't think you were the first clever little bitch to have the idea ?
12 Yeah well they do n't think it was they do n't think it was the first one , no .
13 I love to go out dancing but you wo n't catch me being the first on the dance floor !
14 ‘ You out with your latest mistress , running into the last , though I do n't suppose I was the last .
15 Well I would n't say you 're the last
16 Nex anyway it 's quite near Portsmouth and we heard that the first Queen Elizabeth ship , they do n't say it 's the first but they call this one the Q E Two but there was a Q E One , you see at one time and so we took a coach from there to Southampton because we heard that she was in dock there and so we went and there were crowds of people and all in a queue waiting to go in .
17 ‘ I would n't say it was the last ditch for the capercaillie .
18 ‘ You 'll all have to do the same as me and put down the date and see , but if yer want ter know it 's the first of May . ’
19 find out what they actually need which is the second part and to do that once you do that it 's quite easy , as I say once you 've actually made contact with them and you are on a friendly basis , you then , you can hold very very useful conversation and let them come over quite naturally .
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