Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [art] first person " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must not be forgotten that the first person to give evidence about the injuries is going to be the plaintiff . |
| 2 | ( x , y ) denotes that the first person gets a quantity x and the second person a quantity y For each of the following allocations say whether they are ( i ) efficient and ( ii ) equitable : ( a ) ( 10 , 0 ) ( b ) ( 7 , 2 ) ( c ) ( 5 , 5 ) ( d ) ( 3 , 6 ) ( e ) ( 0 , 10 ) . |
| 3 | It so happened that the first person to come a cropper on the steps was the warden Jane Cartwright , who was a good deal younger and more agile than those in her care . |
| 4 | Some writers express humility in a particularly strange way : when they wish to express an opinion but feel that the first person singular is too assertive , they use the plural ( ‘ we submit ’ ) . |
| 5 | This process continues until the first person arrives back in the front . |