Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I love to go out dancing but you wo n't catch me being the first on the dance floor ! |
| 2 | Do you know who was the first to coach the men 's and women 's champions in one year ? |
| 3 | Rachel was usually the last to arrive , but tonight Annie found she was the last . |
| 4 | ‘ But ye promised it was the last , ’ Winnie said , the drunken Rab ; and she could have pulled her hair and needed a pee but was frightened to leave Rab alone . |
| 5 | Campaigners say it 's the first step towards closure , but BR says it 's actually planning to spend more money on the line , not less . |
| 6 | Customs officers say it 's the first time European green law has been used in Britain this way . |
| 7 | Customs men say it 's the first time they 've used Cites to seize timber |
| 8 | A public inquiry is considering plans for a third supermarket — opponents say it 's the last thing the town needs . |
| 9 | What we do is take the , the day of the week and the , the calendar date , it might be the say it was the fourth day of the week Thursday |
| 10 | Soviet strikes point to crisis of morale that threatens future of perestroika Broadcasts of parliament get more viewers than Agatha Christie films It is the first November 7 since the revolution that coal miners have been on strike . |
| 11 | I asked which were the next tallest and she picked out the only two of the next size . |
| 12 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Pliny names Archermos in a family of Chiot sculptors , and another writer says he was the first to give Nike wings . |
| 15 | It says it 's the first product to fully support the Intel Express motherboard architectures with DEC 's high-performance graphics , SCSI and networking chipsets and adapters . |
| 16 | Slater also says it 's the first and only time he 's ever seen clock ratings take such baby steps — 33 to 40 to 45 to 50 . |
| 17 | Kerrie says it 's the last straw . |
| 18 | She says it 's the last week of term before Christmas and everyone should be happy . |
| 19 | Internal trimming allows a claim of better than +-0.25% multiplication error with no external trim and AD says it is the first type to offer fully differential , high input-impedance working on all inputs , including the Z input . |
| 20 | Citizen , which developed it , says it is the first watch to have a built-in radio that tunes to time broadcasts linked to highly accurate atomic clocks . |
| 21 | Compaq Computer Corp says it is the first major personal computer manufacturer to receive a 1993-1994 US General Services Administration Schedule contract , which runs to March 31 1994 and makes it easier for the federal government to buy Compaq products at pre-set prices . |
| 22 | It is also said to be the largest UK supplier of Unix and open systems training , and ICL says it is the first company to receive accreditation from Unix International Inc for its portfolio of Unix courses . |
| 23 | Candle says it has successfully tested key DCE components within its Distributed Computing Server component in an MVS-OS/2 client-server environment and says it is the first implementation of DCE on an MVS system . |
| 24 | What does it mean when it says it is the last time . |
| 25 | Not self-pity but exertion was what they told themselves was the first requirement , applying their skills to return to normal , to restore the status quo . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , come on , you do n't really think you 're the first man who 's issued me this kind of invitation ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Oh no , darling , you did n't think you were the first clever little bitch to have the idea ? |
| 28 | ‘ Anyhow , since the earliest Mr Gajdusek will see me is the first week in April , it could n't have worked out better . ’ |
| 29 | So there I am in some terra incognita by the name of Stoke Newington , which Stuart assures me is the next district where house prices are due to display tumescence , but where for the moment there dwelleth men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders . |
| 30 | As it happened I was the first to reach the meeting place , and soon , four others turned up . |