Example sentences of "be the [num ord] person " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am the first person to admit that success is not that frequent at Athletico and on those rare occasions when it comes we are always left with a nasty aftertaste to spoil it . |
| 2 | It was never catalogued ; I am the first person outside the Unit ever to know what it was doing … |
| 3 | ‘ I am the last person in the world who would want to inhibit the movement of the SMMB to its new form , ’ Mr Lang said , ‘ but there is little I or Michael Heseltine can do to influence the OFT . |
| 4 | The great hero Rodrigo del Bivar — El Cid — had been the first person to use the weight of heavily armed cavalry against the more lightly clad Moors . |
| 5 | He would have been the first person to agree that this is an inadequate label for a process in which some sets of ideas are restructured and some are rejected . |
| 6 | She could not imagine that she had ever been the first person . |
| 7 | Sheppard , already famous as ‘ the radio parson ’ — he had been the first person to broadcast a church service — was Canon of St Pauls . |
| 8 | I would like to have been the first person in the world ’ , she added lightly . |
| 9 | I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST PERSON IN THE WORLD |
| 10 | Harry had driven his friend over and was in boisterous good spirits at having been the first person to be allowed to take George away from the house . |
| 11 | ‘ And should n't I have been the first person to have known about them ? |
| 12 | Balanchine would have been the last person to break or contradict the thematic content and destroy the composer 's intentions . |
| 13 | He should have been the last person to be killed . |
| 14 | As far as everyone knew , he had been the last person to see Zambia at the Club . |
| 15 | She would have been the last person in the world to interfere with that . |
| 16 | She wondered whether to ask Mrs Baggley if she realised that she might have been the last person to see or hear of Paul Gray alive . |
| 17 | You are the first person I have told , Elinor . |
| 18 | You are the first person I 've told , apart from the self-help organisation , but you wo n't be the last . |
| 19 | And you are the first person now I ever told it to . |
| 20 | " You 're the second person to say that to me today , " Patrick murmured . |
| 21 | It 's as if you 're the first person she 's told her secret to in years . |
| 22 | You 're the first person who 's ever spoken to me so kindly — but it 's too late . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm sure if ever the occasion arises when I want advice on insurance , you 're the first person I 'll come to . ’ |
| 24 | Now , now you 're the first person who 's said you used ill ill illegal drugs , I yes ? |
| 25 | You 're the first person I 've said that to who said come back to me and said yes . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're the first person they 'll ask for , I can assure you . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ In fact … ’ she swallowed , realisation dawning on her as she met Guy 's intent appraisal ‘ … you 're the first person I 've told … ’ |
| 28 | you 're the first person we 've seen , right , how you gon na deal with that ? |
| 29 | ‘ You 're the fourteenth person who 's worked out I 'm staying with Lucy and phoned me up with crazy stories about Liam . |
| 30 | You 're the last person who can afford to make that journey . ’ |