Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For letting me be the first . |
| 2 | I 'm not saying we were the first , bloody hell , it sounded dated when we did it . |
| 3 | The Hollywood Reporter sent me a note saying it 's the 25th Anniversary of James Bond , would you like to take out an ad . |
| 4 | She replaced the receiver , standing unmoving , staring across the room towards the Knudsen with hungry eyes , knowing it was the last time she would ever see it . |
| 5 | Privatizing what is the first thing the government do to make B R more attractive to the private sector ? |
| 6 | As it was spinning which was the first textile process to be mechanised , it was women 's work which was the first to be taken away by machinery , threatened by the water frame in 1769 and by Hargreaves ' spinning jenny in 1770 , even before Crompton 's mule came into use in the 1780s . |
| 7 | Erm , there 's a perfect example in Appendix Three , in and Planning It 's the second page of of Appendix Three , and to read through it , and I wo n't read it , because obviously everybody has done . |