Example sentences of "[pron] be the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am the first person to admit that success is not that frequent at Athletico and on those rare occasions when it comes we are always left with a nasty aftertaste to spoil it . |
| 2 | It was never catalogued ; I am the first person outside the Unit ever to know what it was doing … |
| 3 | I am the first musician in my family . |
| 4 | Now , I am the last man on Earth to cry , CONSPIRACY ! |
| 5 | I am the last night of August , late . |
| 6 | ‘ I am the last person in the world who would want to inhibit the movement of the SMMB to its new form , ’ Mr Lang said , ‘ but there is little I or Michael Heseltine can do to influence the OFT . |
| 7 | I am half hidden in my bower , I am the last thing she sees , so I have time to examine her . |
| 8 | I mean listen I 'm the first person to talk in in support of body piercing I look I have parts of my body pierced I like it but I do n't think standing around the street corners sort of revealing it is a nice thing to do . |
| 9 | You think I 'm the first girl ever to meet a man in secret ? |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm proud to say I 'm the first member of my family to join the Labour Party . |
| 11 | Perhaps I 'm the first woman who has asked for their vote . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ No , I 'm the first refugee from Hell . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm the first player to score in all five divisions ! ’ |
| 14 | I 'm the fifth generation of a family that has been involved in the theatre … they 've built theatres , run companies , been actors , married actresses . |
| 15 | Now I 'm the fifth victim in Test cricket . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm the last person you should ask . |
| 17 | Yes , thought Berdichev ; but I 'm the last person you expected to see up here today . |
| 18 | And then she said , darling , you know I 'm the last person to be a prude , but his reputation … there must be fire , there 's so much smoke . |
| 19 | I mean God knows , I 'm the last person in the world to worry about that sort of thing , but there does come a point in your career where you have to think about it . |
| 20 | ‘ So , ’ she continued , ‘ surely I 'm the last person you think capable of completing this job ? ’ |
| 21 | I think I 'm the last person he 's seeing . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm the last person to start discriminating against people . |
| 23 | Down towards the last hour I 'm the last person to drop off just trying to leave them with as many positive thoughts and perhaps talking quietly to the odd individual . |
| 24 | His is the fourth UN mission which has failed to find a way out of the crisis . |
| 25 | If the purchaser is to try to ensure that his is the last counter-offer , so that it will be accepted by the conduct of the seller , the device of sending back another acknowledgement does not work well in practice . |
| 26 | I was the second half , an extension of him , and instead of complementing him I 'd thrown shit all over him . |
| 27 | I can only suspect that the speed of my progress through the Division Lobby , as I was the second Member out that night , may have caused confusion . |
| 28 | We were a very respectable family and I was the second child . |
| 29 | This month I was the first Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to be invited to address its conference since it began 15 years ago . |
| 30 | ‘ When we — I realised right away that I was the first man to … |