Example sentences of "[be] the [num ord] one " in BNC.

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1 I am the last one to leave .
2 Cor I should n't of been there I think I should of been the next one along
3 It must have been the last one left in London .
4 Matchsticks would have been the last one at the Pessarane Behesht camp he would have chosen to accompany him on this mission .
5 Psychocentrics are the first one .
6 Apart from this , children are out by going to the wrong side when a number is called out , if they unfreeze without being told or if they are the last one to do one of the organizer 's commands .
7 You are the last one I 'd throw from a lifeboat . ’
8 ‘ No , you 're the first one .
9 ‘ I 'm sure there are , but I can quite honestly say that you 're the first one I 've been aware of , or who 's made such a marked impression on me after so short an acquaintance . ’
10 You want labourers , you pray for labourers , well you 're the first one !
11 You 're the twelfth one .
12 ‘ You 're the last one , Jack , ’ said Bodie with a thin smile .
13 No , no I 'm the first one to go in .
14 I 'm the next one I 'm gon na do I 'm gon na spread it down below nought so we 're getting into the negative numbers .
15 What would be the second one ?
16 We never wanted to be the first one when she had a new stick of make-up as she did n't take the cellophane wrapper off .
17 Be prepared to be the first one to stand up for what is right when something wrong is being done to or said about someone .
18 He was eager to be the first one . ’
19 It was Barbara , of course , who had told him , but he would n't be the first one to mention her name .
20 ‘ I shall be the first one to give in my order to these dear ladies , I shall have three pairs of the best leather boots the house of Grenfell and Morgan can supply . ’
21 You would n't be the first one through these doors , ’ he nodded towards the main entrance and smiled broadly .
22 So , in the morning , whatever our true inclinations , we practically trample each other in our race to be the first one up and doing .
23 For years those of us who have played a cat and mouse game with cagey manager Billy Bingham over team selections could always be sure that Donaghy 's name would be the first one down on the sheet .
24 A number of Lions reunions have taken place in the past , but this will be the first one to be held in Ulster .
25 If I did love him , she thought more soberly , he 'd be the first one that I have , maybe .
26 His reasoning being that when the clarion call is sounded on Resurrection Day and the whole world is turned upside down , he would be the first one out and standing on his feet .
27 Now , I have to knock these out by the case , so who 'll be the first one up ?
28 However , Barbara would be the first one to admit she is a novice at choosing ready-to-wear .
29 However , Barbara would be the first one to admit she is a novice at choosing ready-to-wear .
30 If I felt the conference was a political one I would be the first one to pull out . ’
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