Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] the [num ord] [noun] " 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 the first visitor to this little planet of yours , you know . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't kill him , but I 'm probably the last person to have seen him alive . |
| 5 | I never sit around , I 'm always the first person |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | I was normally the first RAF person to view the scene , and I find it quite unbearable to attempt to describe the desolation and carnage that confronted one on a hilltop in the isolation and splendour of the Scottish Highlands . |
| 10 | ‘ I felt betrayed , ’ said Quinn , ‘ when I discovered I was n't the first man . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I was only the second actor to get a non-exclusive contract . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And , of course , you must make sure you 're here the next time we come swimming . ’ |
| 16 | You 're not the first person to be impressed by her voice . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | You 're not the first person that have ever thought of it though , that 's what I 'm trying to say to you |
| 19 | ‘ I have to confess , you 're not the first woman I 've made love to . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | You 're only the second Scot I 've met in ten months . ’ |
| 22 | You 're obviously the last people to have them then , I think everybody else has had them |
| 23 | you were right the first time . |
| 24 | ‘ No … you were right the first time : what happened between us was a dreadful mistake … unplanned . |
| 25 | No , you were right the first time boy ! |
| 26 | And , what 's more , you were reportedly the last member of staff to leave the premises this evening . |
| 27 | Did you check their tenancy agreement , because it was a pretty Machiavellian , Dickensian tenancy agreement , if you 're found smoking in bed for example , you were out the next morning , those sort of things , and I think you really ought to look at that very carefully . |
| 28 | So you be up the second division next year ? |
| 29 | She 's not the first servant to get herself into trouble and she wo n't be the last . |
| 30 | Less surprisingly , she is also the first Green . |