Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] be the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I 'm the first woman who has asked for their vote . ’ |
| 2 | So we 're the first to have them after them gaining number one . |
| 3 | So we were the first to have them after they get number one . |
| 4 | So they 're the first up with the Christmas tree decorations each year . |
| 5 | So he was the first person who united the states of Castille and Leon , and the first who was called King of Castille ; for till this time the lords of that country had been called Counts . |
| 6 | So it 's the first will she made — what ? — eighteen months ago , which is valid . ’ |
| 7 | Ah so it 's the first person who spells sex maniac |
| 8 | We 're , working on an hotel project I think and we 're up to week thirteen on the programme and I think you might be able to see on week thirteen and given the information we 've got at the moment as well , it means we 're gon na be working on three floors at once so it was the first thing to identify . |
| 9 | we 'll show you now how to put on a pressure bandage for severe bleeding and then we 'll put the film on and you can see the whole lot again , okay , so just be in the room if you just push and push and push on the window and er the hand has gone through the window , right , and there 's no glass imbedded but it 's cut right across the palm and the reason that we show you this one is because the artery that feeds all these fingers comes and the thumb comes up in an arch like that okay , so the artery comes down , up in an arch across the palm of the hand , so the fingers and thumb all get a blood supply , so when you cut the palm of your hand there is a lot of blood pumping out , okay , so what 's the first thing I 'd tell her to do ? |
| 10 | It 's all centered around tens and tenths , hundreds and hundredths , right , so what 's the first fraction that you put here then ? |
| 11 | Right , so what 's the first |
| 12 | ‘ So what is the first stage ? |
| 13 | ‘ There is some doubt over who was the first person in the world to swim the back crawl , but arguably it was actress Rita Tushingham 's uncle Thomas , who also swam for the Garston club , ’ he explains . |
| 14 | Admittedly in one or two cases the inference is fairly marginal but nevertheless it 's the first time all the numbers have been positive . |
| 15 | Now admittedly it 's an increase of two thousand out of about half a million so one is n't sort of er er getting over excited about it but nevertheless it 's the first upward number which we 've had . |
| 16 | No time like the present and anyway it is the first day of Lent . ’ |
| 17 | Anyway it 's the first time since the Revie years that we 've won 5 on the trot in the league so lets just be happy for a while . |
| 18 | Well , every now and then it 's the second date , but generally it 's the first . |
| 19 | Moreover it is the first to offer direct hooks to the C++ programming language and last week , Iona , Sunsoft Inc and Hewlett-Packard made a joint submission to the Object Management Group proposing a standard C++ CORBA interface . |
| 20 | Moreover it is the first to offer direct hooks to the C++ programming language and last Friday , Iona , Sunsoft Inc and Hewlett-Packard made a joint submission to the Object Management Group proposing a standard C++ CORBA interface . |
| 21 | He continued to conduct retreats : the old students at Cuddesdon , clergy at Pleshey in Essex , the Franciscans at Cerne Abbas in Dorset , the nuns at Whitby ; probably he was the first archbishop in the history of the see to make so much time for such days of peace , even though , for the conductor , they were days of intellectual and emotional effort . |
| 22 | Now , now you 're the first person who 's said you used ill ill illegal drugs , I yes ? |
| 23 | Now she 's the first patient being treated at the hospital 's new dermatology building . |
| 24 | This , I discovered , is common in lung cancer ; in fact , quite often it is the first symptom to show itself — well before any pain or cough develops . |
| 25 | Now what was the first property metals that you have listed What 's the first property in metals that you came to ? |
| 26 | Then I thought … why should n't I be the first to grab the donkey ? |
| 27 | but they but they we have got a man here who is the first in this country , Mr to sue them . |
| 28 | You want labourers , you pray for labourers , well you 're the first one ! |
| 29 | Tomorrow we are the first . |
| 30 | So we 're saying , well there 's the first pizza , lets cut it up . |