Example sentences of "he have [be] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , of course , she 'd seen him before ; he 'd been the third man on the commission that had interviewed her , the one who 'd sat next to the Cheka 's doctor and who 'd listened to her slurred responses without ever saying anything . |
| 2 | Rufus could not remember the man 's name , only that he had been the second visitor to Wyvis Hall , the gardener being the first . |
| 3 | Sheppard , already famous as ‘ the radio parson ’ — he had been the first person to broadcast a church service — was Canon of St Pauls . |
| 4 | He had been the first serf-owner to take advantage of the reformist Law on Obligated Peasants . |
| 5 | Once he had been The First Hand Supreme in all Chung Kuo , Master of Masters and eight times winner of the great annual championship held in Suchow . |
| 6 | He had taken some comfort from the fact that he had been the last man to board the cage , so at least he could watch Yorky and the others exit , before his turn came . |
| 7 | As far as everyone knew , he had been the last person to see Zambia at the Club . |
| 8 | The doctor was n't the only security failure in West German intelligence , but he had been the last straw for Sims . |