Example sentences of "[pers pn] be the [num ord] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am half hidden in my bower , I am the last thing she sees , so I have time to examine her . |
| 2 | I was the last thing which I had anticipated , and the last thing which I sought . |
| 3 | Blessings from you are the last thing this pious little tsatskeleh needs . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ he said smoothly , ‘ I can think of a couple of occasions when patronising you was the last thing on my mind . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It 's Captain America 's big birthday in 1992 , 50 years or something , so we were the last thing Marvel wanted around . |
| 6 | They were the last thing that Lucasta Redburn saw . |
| 7 | She picked up her book and began reading , making a show of turning the pages so that he was left in no doubt that his presence next to her was the last thing she needed . |
| 8 | It 's the first thing I learnt about traditional Chinese stir frying and it 's the most important clue to the whole principle of the Wok — things happen fast . |
| 9 | It 's the first thing I look at when I wake up , the last thing at night . |
| 10 | It 's the first thing we see ; it is , if you like , the moment at which Dr Starkie introduces us to Flaubert . |
| 11 | Sorry if it 's the first thing you see in the morning , still it 's not everyone who can say they 've been sleeping with a Jesuit . |
| 12 | It 's the first thing you got with it , you get a phone call , do me alright . |
| 13 | This definition of metre takes getting used to : in music the idea that one note can realise several beats is obvious — it 's the first thing anybody learns ; but the idea that in poetry one syllable may do so is far less familiar . |
| 14 | tragic that 's a good word to start from it 's the first thing they 're gon na look at after the headline so it 's pretty important that that the first word , I think looting was an excellent choice here . |
| 15 | Well it 's the first thing that comes . |
| 16 | Right , let's , this is hypothetical so it is it 's the first thing that comes to my head but it may I would n't take it as s take groups , for example , you just got the handout on groups and you get a question coming up that might say erm , I do n't know , how could groups how could a w what does our understanding of groups owe to speech therapy ? |
| 17 | it 's the first thing kids do , draw , when |
| 18 | That 's , my one , I do n't know how you 'd ever get over it , but that 's my one criticism of the thing is that sometimes when you walk in it 's the first thing that hits you and unless people are dancing it creates a cold atmosphere . |
| 19 | It 's the first thing |
| 20 | You ca n't ignore it it 's the first thing a buyer will , a buyer 's survey will pick up , especially as it was mentioned in our survey |
| 21 | Erm , so you , it 's one of the second , third things to look at when I , I start at three fifteen , it 's the third thing I do . |
| 22 | It 's the last thing in the world he wants to do . |
| 23 | ‘ If it 's the last thing I do , ’ I said , ‘ I 'll see you in the street and I 'll kick you back . ’ |
| 24 | And that is why I 'll see Greg Martin if it 's the last thing I do . ’ |
| 25 | She made two journeys up it , muttering to herself : ‘ It 's the last thing I do for the nigger . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , take a rucksack and see India , if it 's the last thing you do in your life . ’ |
| 27 | With the recession in this country , it 's the last thing I expected . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've had a shoulder injury for the last three or four games and it 's the last thing you need when you are struggling to score your first goal . |
| 29 | If it 's the last thing I do in this life … ’ |
| 30 | It 's the last thing I 'd expect of Oliver . |