Example sentences of "be [verb] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three are singing the last bars of a song . |
| 2 | Still , in the next few days as the news began to filter in from Niki 's hospital that Niki had been given the last rites , that he had inhaled burning fuel and damaged his lungs , that his face had been appallingly burned , the facts did begin to sink in . |
| 3 | I 've er I 've only just I 've only been coughing the last couple of days , but |
| 4 | He had been defeated the first time , but that foray into the arena had taught him a lot . |
| 5 | The open days free to unwaged people ; £2.50 to others are to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the opening of Durham Street , which was the first community recording studio in the country . |
| 6 | They 're clearing the way for the new 600 series and we 're seeing the first evidence of the Japanese working practises . |
| 7 | the first bit yeah you 're remembering the last bit when you 're remembering that you 've forgot the first bit . |
| 8 | Well look , if if you 're wanting the next thing to do , I mean you 've done that for seventh year |
| 9 | This is the culmination of a campaign to mobilise white opinion against President de Klerk 's reforms , and to launch what they 're calling the third freedom struggle of the Boer Nation . |
| 10 | erm people do look for protection when they 're when they 're buying the second purchase of their lives in most cases . |
| 11 | DO N'T scoff at Skodas , they 're having the last laugh . |
| 12 | ‘ Yeah , we 're doing the 23rd December at Hammersmith . |
| 13 | No , well , he , you know , just at the end when they 're giving the last news just before nine o'clock |
| 14 | A schoolboy has been recalling the last minutes of a ski-lift crash in which his step brother died . |
| 15 | aye , you see , that 's why so it meant that we have been going the last week in each month , er each second month |
| 16 | Stars of the film world have been marking the eightieth birthday of one of the giants of British cinema . |
| 17 | When a draft schedule has been produced the next stage is what I have referred to previously as ‘ internal testing ’ . |
| 18 | Nevertheless it is not financially troubled Japan , but Asia 's tigers who are leading the next wave of investment in the region . |
| 19 | Mr James Bowen , the televisionist , has been celebrating the tenth anniversary of his ‘ television ’ contest , Bullseye , an adversarial entertainment based on the art of projectile throwing . |
| 20 | We are promised the last word in London nightclubs , BBQ , dancing , live bands , cabaret , live band karaoke , mystery entertainments and a huge amount of fun . |
| 21 | POLICE and fire brigade experts are investigating the second blaze in a fortnight at a farm on the Mulgrave estate near Whitby . |
| 22 | Peasants who have returned to their lands in the heart of El Salvador 's war zone are celebrating the first anniversary of a daring experiment . |
| 23 | ‘ Celtic fans are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the club 's European Cup triumphs and will be looking for more success . |
| 24 | THE organisers of the Smithwick 's Boston Floodlit Cup are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the competition this year . |
| 25 | The hypothetical new force has been called the fifth force . |
| 26 | Nobody was yet greatly concerned about the poverty of what had just been called the Third World . |
| 27 | It had been worn the last time the Mendozas beat the O'Briens in the Open and on every occasion they had met since . |
| 28 | THE BFSS , in conjunction with The Game Conservancy Trust and The Lords Taverners , are holding the second Countryside Race Day on Newmarket 's Rowley Mile course on Saturday . |
| 29 | Leaving Joy to help Miss Prescott with what are called the last offices ( Joy is also a trained nurse ) , Alan and I went back to the house and between us brought the coffin down from the loft . |
| 30 | If the interviewer remains silent then look at her or him as if you are expecting the next move to come from their side . |