Example sentences of "be [pron] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what shall I be called am I the first |
| 2 | Yeah you 've met , have , am I the last ? |
| 3 | Teachers often have more problems with the concept than children : pre-school children will often play with adults , asking them to assume roles ( the shopkeeper , the bus conductor ) ; children who play in this way are used to moving in and out of role , are quite happy for an adult to be in their play one moment and to be themselves the next . |
| 4 | Oh are they the last ones ? |
| 5 | ‘ Were you the first in the queue ? ’ |
| 6 | And were you the first born ? |
| 7 | At Rhos-y-Bol or were you the first there ? |
| 8 | I would not marry you now were you the last in the world , but by God I will take you , for you have tempted me sorely all these months , of set purpose . |
| 9 | ‘ Were you the last through Customs ? ’ he demanded imperiously , a frown marring the smooth gold of his forehead . |
| 10 | It is interesting to connect this point with Leapor 's ‘ An Epistle to a Lady ’ ; as Leapor contemplates her own death , and the soul leaving the body , the last thing she wishes to see is her friend : ‘ Be you the last that leaves my closing Eyes [ ML , 1 , 40 ] . |
| 11 | Is she the first woman to have a baby ? |
| 12 | Nor is it the first time that Rupert 's good name has been besmirched . |
| 13 | Is it the first verse of ‘ Three Blind Mice ’ or ‘ Mary , Mary Quite Contrary ’ or ‘ Jack and Jill ’ ? |
| 14 | Is it the first time , for instance , you have been told you only enter into relationships for what you can get out of them ? |
| 15 | Is it the first ? |
| 16 | Clozapine is not the first treatment for schizophrenia to be hailed as a significant advance , nor is it the first to raise ethical dilemmas . |
| 17 | Is the in the input embedded in would you or is it the first phoneme of judge ? |
| 18 | Ah is it the first of the month ? |
| 19 | Is it the ninth of the fourth ? |
| 20 | Is it the ninth of the fourth ninety three today ? |
| 21 | Why IS it the second most popular spectator sport ? |
| 22 | For instance , is it the thirtieth of May today or the thirty-first ? |
| 23 | Is it the fourteenth of December you go to that party ? |
| 24 | Is it the tenth ? |
| 25 | That 's eight , cos when is it the sixteenth oh it 's the twenty first ! |
| 26 | For example if the next record is requested , is it the next at that level or at a parent level or at some other level ? |
| 27 | Is it this , is it that , is it the next thing and that 's where you want to get them , cos they 'll tell you what it is and you 've got to , is it them , what is it ? |
| 28 | Is it this , is it that , is it the next thing until they 're prepared to tell you what it is , that 's the way you ask them , cos they 'll no volunteer what it is , cos what you 're looking for is a final objection for them , right now you say oh that 's a load of rubbish that does nay what , but how can you sit and study that and you learn how to use it customers , right , on the objection which is the hardest objection for any sales person to deal with , you know yourself |
| 29 | This is not the first time , nor is it the last that a player will end up in court following a rough exchange with an opponent . |
| 30 | And that 's what the fourth root means . |