Example sentences of "i be not the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if on your coming to England I am not the first person you look for , I shall be very hurt indeed ! |
| 2 | I am not the first to suspect that the inhabitants of Massalia spent their money to ransom themselves from Catumarandus rather than the Romans from Brennus . |
| 3 | I am not the first one to have criticised this side of the Labour party 's proposals . |
| 4 | It wo n't surprise you to hear that I 'm not the first to recognise the beauty of this region of South Wales — it was officially recognised in 1956 when it was designated as the very first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Britain . |
| 5 | I 'm not the first visitor to this little planet of yours , you know . ’ |
| 6 | But I 'm not the last . |
| 7 | For I was not the first to have stood in Balboa 's footprints . |
| 8 | I even think I was not the first . |
| 9 | I first drew attention to the shortcomings of this edition in 1981 I was not the first to suspect it : as long ago as 1964 Sir Charles Mackerras , in preparing Castor et Pollux for a BBC broadcast , became suspicious of some of the scoring , went over to Paris to inspect the sources for himself , and made some extensive last-minute changes . |
| 10 | Early maternal deprivation had clearly left him with a hankering for mother figures in his life and I was n't the first . |
| 11 | ‘ I felt betrayed , ’ said Quinn , ‘ when I discovered I was n't the first man . |