Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Adam said then was the last thing that Miranda expected . |
| 2 | After the shock of Valesio 's murder and his almost sleepless night , lunch with Luciano Bartocci had really been the last straw . |
| 3 | Vanessa had n't been the first woman to indulge his taste in hand-made shirts and silk waistcoats , nor would she be the last . |
| 4 | Crawford had not been the first choice to play Feste , until Colin Graham — who directed him in Benjamin Britten productions was brought in . |
| 5 | Kendal had long been the second most important wool town in the country : Carlisle was the biggest town in the Border Marches . |