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

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1 And finally : ‘ Do n't merely talk , like some gasbags do , about shedding the last drop of your blood for your country — the difficulty with them , when the time comes , is getting them to shed the FIRST drop of their blood . ’
2 the problem is with how the is conducted who gets the first bite ?
3 She was unbearably aware of the tensile strength of his incipient beard beneath the shaven smoothness of his jaw , just as she was of the aroused hardness of his body , controlled , contained but testifying to his rampant masculinity in a way that was driving her to abandon the last remaining threads of self-control .
4 He admitted that it was not easy , and said that , in effect , what one did was to get them to read the first chapter of any book by Derrida .
5 Patrick was watching them play the 7th , which they had reached at 11.45 , when Richie 's voice crackled on the radio .
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