Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adv] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | ‘ I felt betrayed , ’ said Quinn , ‘ when I discovered I was n't the first man . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I was only the second actor to get a non-exclusive contract . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She was also the first woman painter to achieve this status . |
| 9 | And no doubt she was n't the first woman to realise that . |
| 10 | and I said well she was n't the last time I saw her |
| 11 | She was not the first person to wonder about the secret of Harry Short 's success . |
| 12 | This was another remarkable achievement since she was only the second woman solicitor to become a Recorder , a position totally dominated by barristers and by men . |
| 13 | But despite that it was n't the first camp up . |
| 14 | I guess it was n't the first tournament to be won and lost on the Road Hole at St Andrews . |
| 15 | Something hit me across the face and it was n't the first kiss of springtime . |
| 16 | It was n't the first time he 'd thought that , but this time he was sure . |
| 17 | Mrs Bennett would have a fit if she knew Celia had gone up to Beckwith 's Folly , but it was n't the first time lately that she had been overwhelmed by the desire to escape , although it was the first time she had actually done anything about it . |
| 18 | It was n't the first time Berowne had spent the night in St Matthew 's church vestry . ’ |
| 19 | It was n't the first time her pupil had mentioned Rossmayne and each time the girl 's face had lit up in a way which made the nun catch her breath . |
| 20 | It was n't the first time he 'd had this nightmare ; it was happening more often nowadays . |
| 21 | For it was n't the first time this had happened , by no means . |
| 22 | It was n't the first time Luke had contacted her since their sight seeing expedition — the flowers that by now she was coming to expect had arrived promptly next day , and with them a handwritten note — but it was the first time that she had heard his voice . |
| 23 | It was n't the first time in the Church and especially amongst the orthodoxly successful echelons of bishops and archdeacons , that Theodora had met a reluctance to tangle with that eminence grise , Gilbert Racy . |
| 24 | It was n't the first time she 'd heard that kind of comment . |
| 25 | It was n't the first time Isabel had said the words . |
| 26 | No , it was n't the first time , but remembering what had happened previously , how he had kissed her and , worst of all , how she had responded , she knew it was the last place she would have chosen when she needed to keep a clear head ! |
| 27 | It was n't the first time Juliet had wished she were n't an only child . |
| 28 | Maybe it was n't the last word in smartness - far from it — but it was very warm and comfortable , if rather too big . |
| 29 | Mind you , it was n't the last time he fell in love . |
| 30 | It was not the first temple on the site . |