Example sentences of "be [pron] [num ord] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been my first venture into the hotel business and probably my last — I take my hat off to anyone who makes it work . |
| 2 | So this has been my first step towards designing something different . |
| 3 | It had been my thirtieth birthday in November . |
| 4 | For most it would have been their first experience of the internationalism of the movement . |
| 5 | Sendei , despite his faults , had been her last link with a sane , reasonable universe . |
| 6 | ‘ Are you next door to me ? ’ asked the Canadian . |
| 7 | This was to be my first climb on ‘ real rock , ’ as I had only experienced exercises on short problems in an old gritstone quarry during the previous winter . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , let's say if I was choosing someone to share my fortnight for two in Majorca , you would n't be my first choice of companion . ’ |
| 9 | Klemperer would still be my first choice for the Pastoral . |
| 10 | I have to say that the Pro GAP would n't be my first choice in any rack system because each time I 've used one I 've been unable to rid it of that ‘ overprocessed ’ synthetic edge . |
| 11 | I 've really been looking forward to flying — it will be my first time on a plane . ’ |
| 12 | In addition to the excitement of watching such a magnificent creature in action , it really is the only way to learn about birds of prey — and it would be my first step towards becoming a professional falconer one day . |
| 13 | A difficult moment for me occurred when Phil Collins came on the show , simply because what I knew but he did n't , was that he was going to be my first guest on This Is Your Life the following week . |
| 14 | ‘ His will be my first funeral in Munding I believe . ’ |
| 15 | This will be my fourth Christmas without my precious daughter Sandra , who was 11 years old . ’ |
| 16 | But that that should be my last memory of her ! |
| 17 | This may be my last utterance in the House before the next general election , but I hope to be back — although that is not a matter for me . |
| 18 | I had been given a week 's leave and so I hurried to Hastings as I felt sure that would be my last leave for some time . |
| 19 | Berkeley did after all turn out to be my last dalliance with the education system . |
| 20 | In consequence of this move , this month will be my last attendance at the General Synod . |
| 21 | Next Saturday night will be my last night in Paris . |
| 22 | This visit was to be my last tribute to the Ascendancy . |
| 23 | ‘ The game against Cannes on April 25 will be my last match at the Velodrome , ’ he said . |
| 24 | The company already has a number of customers in Europe , including France Telecom and AT&T Istel Ltd , but the new UK office will be its first presence outside the US . |
| 25 | Northern Telecom Ltd has reached agreement to manufacture and sell packet switches in China : it says it has a three-year deal with China National Post & Telecommunications Appliance Corp and Nanjing Telecommunications Equipment Factory , and that the manufacturing operation , in Nanjing , will be its third site in China — ‘ With this local manufacturing capability , we can expect to become the leading force in the development of China 's data communications infrastructure , ’ it said . |
| 26 | It would be her first marathon since winning the New York in November last year . |
| 27 | It will be her first speech to the assembly for four years . |
| 28 | In her capacity as patron of Relate , the princess was making what is believed to be her first visit to such a centre since her separation from the prince was announced late last year . |
| 29 | ‘ It was pretty close for a while , but in the last two sets I got run over by a Mack truck , ’ said Navratilova , who told the crowd that next year will probably be her last year of competing on the tour as a singles player . |
| 30 | A sentence to purgatory would have sounded more enticing , but then , this would be her last evening in the palazzo . |