Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NO DOUBT I shall not be the first person to point out to your wine buff Malcolm Gluck ( Domaine Anthea ‘ 87 , et al , Food & Drink , October 28 ) that it was Althea — not Anthea — who received a note written from prison . |
| 2 | ‘ I wo n't be the first . ’ |
| 3 | There was another small silence which Clarissa found she could not be the first to break . |
| 4 | You 'd not be the first young widow to do such a thing , ’ |
| 5 | You 'd probably be the first person to respond if someone wrote in and said ‘ everybody with short hair and who conforms should be banned from gigs ’ which is basically what you wrote , only vice versa . |
| 6 | You 'd probably be the first person to respond if someone wrote in and said ‘ everybody with short hair and who conforms should be banned from gigs ’ which is basically what you wrote , only vice versa . |
| 7 | Now that the PC has an affordable animation package there 's no reason why you could n't be the next Walt Disney . |
| 8 | You would n't be the first one through these doors , ’ he nodded towards the main entrance and smiled broadly . |
| 9 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
| 10 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
| 11 | ‘ You are not the first , you will not be the last , ’ she said , and then smiled at him . |
| 12 | She 's not the first servant to get herself into trouble and she wo n't be the last . |
| 13 | ‘ She wo n't be the last , so you might as well get used to it , ’ Albert said — rather cruelly , it seemed . |
| 14 | ‘ You wo n't be the first , but what do you think to offer the Queen ? |
| 15 | ‘ You wo n't be the first , I assure you . |
| 16 | You wo n't be the first or last man or woman who gets themselves involved in a holiday romance . |
| 17 | You wo n't be the first or last man or woman who gets themself involved in a holiday romance . |
| 18 | You wo n't be the first in the front there . |
| 19 | You are the first person I 've told , apart from the self-help organisation , but you wo n't be the last . |
| 20 | Not only would our livelihood be at stake if there was a shutdown but we 'd also be the first to be irradiated . ’ |
| 21 | We were not the first and I am sure we will not be the last to respond to financial pressures by selling off rare books . |
| 22 | ‘ But , ’ he says , confidently , ‘ even though we may be one of the first to be affected by cut backs in the economy , we will also be the first out . ’ |
| 23 | In ‘ running battles ’ they would always be the last to retreat . |
| 24 | Because they have extra financial resources they will not be the first company to go bust . |
| 25 | They 'll not have been the first tourists to be fed to the sharks and they wo n't be the last . ’ |
| 26 | And they wo n't be the last . |
| 27 | It may not be the first thing at the top of our minds when we 're , when we 're checking the thing but I think it ought to be checked for that . |
| 28 | The memorandum is useful but it may not be the last word . |
| 29 | ‘ I realise you can not afford to run all the time but , that said , it should still be the first thing you have a look at , ’ he reasoned . |
| 30 | It might not be the first occurrence , she realised . |