Example sentences of "was the [num ord] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was the second man who riveted Joan 's attention . |
| 2 | He was the second man in two days to ask me that . |
| 3 | He was the first man I ever thought of partnering . ’ |
| 4 | He was the first man I ever really looked at . |
| 5 | Doc Paisley was the first man I ever heard preach to me directly that I was sinner , that God loved me and that Jesus died for me … |
| 6 | BILL SMITH , who has died aged 68 , was the first man in Britain to adopt aggressive American-style methods in retailing remaindered books . |
| 7 | Of course Boy had seen inside a lot of different men 's houses , but this was the first man 's life he had ever watched at such close quarters , the first time he had ever seen a man taking care of himself , the first time he had ever seen another man living day after day after day . |
| 8 | He was the first man in nearly twenty years to have a full-face mug-shot on the cover of Surfer . |
| 9 | Jones was the first man to tube-ride Waimea . |
| 10 | How it started is also a matter for conjecture , but Thomas ‘ Weston ’ Young , a notorious local character , was the first man to run the course . |
| 11 | He was the first man ever to enter The Sanctuary in Covent Garden , London after TODAY smuggled him in . |
| 12 | A British double-century looks very much on for the 11-times South African champion , who was the first man to achieve that feat in his native land . |
| 13 | Sarfraz Nawaz was the first man I saw do it , but most Pakistan fast bowlers have the ability to swing the old ball . |
| 14 | Who was the first man born outside England to captain that country ? |
| 15 | Brabham , the quiet , shy Australian , who was the first man from the Antipodes to break into Grand Prix racing , retired from driving in 1970 with 123 Formula One Grand Prix starts to his credit and 14 victories . |
| 16 | Ben Denley on a Norton Model 18 was the first man to cover 100 miles in an hour |
| 17 | Sean was the first man who ever made love to her , and Ruth had thought she loved him too , but it was not a happy marriage and when Sean was killed in France , just before the Armistice was signed , she realised that she had been denying her true feelings for years . |
| 18 | ‘ Socrates was the first man who thought about thinking , ’ she said , sitting on the window seat and surprising him in every way . |
| 19 | Ola Barthelsson was the first man home so the Sailing Challenge was set to be an all Swedish affair . |
| 20 | Already , briefly , holder of the world 's flying-start kilometre ( 152.33 m.p.h. on Southport Sands in 1926 ) , he was the first man to travel at 200 m.p.h. over the mile : on 29 March 1927 at Daytona Beach , Florida , driving the huge chain-driven Sunbeam , powered by two World War I Matabele 22½-litre aero-engines , designed by Coatalen , he averaged 203.988 m.p.h. over the mile . |
| 21 | Mass production dates from the time of Henry Ford , who was the first man to adopt the principle of the production line , when he used this approach to produce a restricted range of motor cars put together in a flow-line process . |
| 22 | ‘ When we — I realised right away that I was the first man to … |
| 23 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 24 | He was the first man to organize an eight hour day , and two weeks ' vacation with pay . |
| 25 | Do n't you see , as far as I knew , I was the first man ever to be displaced in time , though no doubt the timeslips were now making a regular thing of it . |
| 26 | This was precisely her own conclusion , but Jamie was the first man she 'd met who agreed with her . |
| 27 | Edmund Hillary , who with Tenzing Norgay was the first man to climb Everest in 1953 , has called the mountain a " junk heap " and has suggested it should be closed for five years to clear the rubbish . |
| 28 | ‘ An American , Harry Hebner , was the first man to use it in major competition when he won a gold medal in the 1912 Olympics , and I was the first British title holder . |
| 29 | ‘ And I was the last man off of 17,000 because I was still in the bus when they all went to the start . ’ |
| 30 | David Park was the last man out of Knockshinnoch . |