Example sentences of "be the [num ord] [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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1 | On arrival in Johannesburg , the first thing I noticed was a young , fresh , smiling face , who turned out to be the Second Secretary at the Consulate . |
2 | A race to be the first man at the South Pole , in Antarctica . |
3 | On the rostrum Joey said : ‘ You really need to be the first man at the Metropole if you want to be first at the finishing line . ’ |
4 | It will be the first event at the castle since it reopened to the public last month , after a four year interval . |
5 | It may not be the first thing at the top of our minds when we 're , when we 're checking the thing but I think it ought to be checked for that . |
6 | Prince Albert was an enthusiast for chemical teaching in London , and A. W. Hofmann ( famous for research on the amines ) was brought from Germany to be the first professor at the Royal College . |
7 | It is the first event at the castle since it re-opened to the public last month after four years . |
8 | We 'll see Christmas , who ? , no it 's , er it 's on the right hand side , it 's , it 's the next page at the bottom is it ? |
9 | el-Kefevi ( followed by Ismail Belig ) adds the statement that Mehmed Sah was the first muderris at the Sultan medrese , which fact , if correct , would allow one to place Mehmed Sah 's appointment , and Fahreddin Acemi 's association with him , in the early 820s , since the available information indicates that it was then that the medrese was built . |
10 | He was the first witness at the inquest . |