Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | She said , ‘ She 's the first person I 've ever known die , in my life . ’ |
2 | Er , she 's been at the , well something I did n't know , she 's been at the depot the shortest time of all our indoor , but she 's the first one to get the first day to , percent , , so that 's good . |
3 | Now she 's the first patient being treated at the hospital 's new dermatology building . |
4 | Nicky Bingham is her name … her game showjumping … and she 's the first to go in our action round up |
5 | Well , in that she 's the first woman Prime Minister , she 's the longest serving Prime Minister of erm in this century . |
6 | She 's the last person that should be an exception to the general rule . |
7 | And she 's the last of the family . |
8 | ‘ You know Cara , she 's the last word in efficiency — nothing can go wrong . ’ |
9 | I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that |
10 | she 's the last one of the family that 's really still alive and she 's well into her eighties and erm |
11 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
12 | ‘ Well it 's the first I 've heard of it , frankly . ’ |
13 | Fuck it , we thought , it 's the first time Malcolm 's splashed out and Vivienne 's coming on at us like some kind of school maam , and Malcolm was n't bothered , he was past caring . |
14 | It 's the first change since the L-test started in 1935 . |
15 | It 's the first four , maybe five , new cars that Mitsubishi will launch in the UK next year , including new Spacewagons and Shoguns . |
16 | It 's the first time Bentley has had an all-new shape to itself for almost two generations — since 1952 , in fact , when the first of the R-type Continentals was launched in limited numbers and initially for export only . |
17 | So it 's the first will she made — what ? — eighteen months ago , which is valid . ’ |
18 | It 's the first time in his career he has n't come out on top . |
19 | ‘ It 's the first I 've heard of wages , ’ Mungo said , heaving another huge log . |
20 | ‘ It 's the first time an older woman has really stirred me . ’ |
21 | It 's the first attempt to bring together all the strands of this island 's life . |
22 | ‘ It 's the first time that Jackie and Terry have met , ’ beamed someone else from Heinemann , sailing resolutely forward towards the cameras . |
23 | It 's the first Act of its kind in the world . |
24 | It 's the first time I have ever let her be alone with him , and now look . ’ |
25 | And ices afterwards , I should think , as it 's the first time we 've ever had supper together , away from school . ’ |
26 | ‘ It 's the first time I 've seen him without all his hangers-on , ’ Cy commented . |
27 | ‘ It 's the first sandwich you 've ever made me that has n't got any paint on it . ’ |
28 | It 's the first commercially available amplifier to be based on ‘ current feedback ’ technology , which is supposed to provide high speed , wide bandwidth amplification . |
29 | In fact , it 's the first hairdryer on the market to blow air from both ends . |
30 | It 's the first time we have been on a coach holiday and we were a bit apprehensive . |