Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb mod] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had also occurred to him that if he wrote that report it would be the last thing he ever did in the Army . |
| 2 | Said club chairman Byron Hughes : ‘ We have not been told anything officially so far and I hope we would be the first to hear . ’ |
| 3 | Now Lebanon is no longer at war and I hope they will be the last victims for the coming generation , for the new future |
| 4 | ‘ It 's said that if the flame-retardant with which they 're treated could be bottled it 'd be the first guaranteed aphrodisiac . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ What with this septi … whassname it might be the last you 'll get . ’ |
| 6 | It is n't a good system , and we have now heard both Jimmy Airlie and John Edmunds say that they hope it will be the last time it is used . |
| 7 | Amaryllis is the first woman to whom I have proposed and I trust she will be the last . |
| 8 | If she succeeds she 'll be the first British woman to climb Everest . |
| 9 | You know I would think we 'd be the first er industry to my knowledge to have a cost of living bonus . |
| 10 | ‘ I might 've known he 'd be the first rat to desert this sinking ship . ’ |
| 11 | And Kartoffel knew they 'd be the first to tread the Eiger 's virgin summit . |
| 12 | It was the only sexual advance she had ever made to him and he knew it would be the last . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought it would be the eighth round . |
| 14 | We never thought it would be the last time we saw him . ’ |
| 15 | If the Californian clubs progress it would be the first World Series — which starts on 14 October — between the two cities facing each other across San Francisco Bay . |
| 16 | you 'd think he 'd be the last one to smile , but he 's always smiling int he , lovely |
| 17 | Duncan had not returned Armstrong by six , so I presumed it would be the next morning . |
| 18 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
| 19 | I think she should be the first to know that you are now officially my girlfriend . ’ |
| 20 | There was another relative from Hilda 's side of the family with a feeble grasp on life and reality , who kept muttering remarks like ‘ To think she should be the first to go , ’ and ‘ Well , who would have thought it ? ’ |
| 21 | He 's England 's answer to Tom Selleck and I think he should be the next James Bond , man ’ The cricketer was allegedly slated to appear in a film opposite Oliver Reed , and his humorous performances on Question Of Sport surprised many . |
| 22 | And when those bombs start falling he 'll be the first to dive into it . ’ |
| 23 | If you do it will be the first fulfilment of a real goal — the first one of many ! |
| 24 | That means it will be the first time abortion has been debated as part of government legislation , rather than on the basis of a private member 's Bill . |
| 25 | Although the extension would provide only a small number of places , he hoped they would be the first of many in that area of Darlington . |
| 26 | He said it would be the first of a series of ventures which Gooding was discussing with Japanese companies , aimed at bringing research and technology to Britain rather than just final assembly of goods . |
| 27 | With winter approaching fast , and no end to the war in sight , Jeff 's hoping it 'll be the first of many . |
| 28 | ‘ If the Yellow Route is finally adopted for the A3 Hindhead bypass it could be the first step to bringing a lot of traffic and development to Farnham Lane ’ he said . |
| 29 | I know that this means that when the revolution comes I 'll be the first against the wall , but I like this . |
| 30 | ‘ If he had got married I 'd be the first to know , ’ his spokeswoman , Hester Blott , tells me . |