Example sentences of "i be [adv] 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 | And what I hate even more is the thought that I 'm just the next number on your list . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I 'm not the first visitor to this little planet of yours , you know . ’ |
| 7 | But I 'm not the last . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't kill him , but I 'm probably the last person to have seen him alive . |
| 9 | I never sit around , I 'm always the first person |
| 10 | I may venture to add Jerry and I were probably the first Scottish kids to hear this coming over the air . |
| 11 | she and I were always the last two |
| 12 | Andropov produced a list of names with crosses against them , and I understood I was practically the last Presidium member who had not been ‘ sworn in ’ . |
| 13 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
| 14 | I was normally the first RAF person to view the scene , and I find it quite unbearable to attempt to describe the desolation and carnage that confronted one on a hilltop in the isolation and splendour of the Scottish Highlands . |
| 15 | For I was not the first to have stood in Balboa 's footprints . |
| 16 | I even think I was not the first . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Early maternal deprivation had clearly left him with a hankering for mother figures in his life and I was n't the first . |
| 19 | ‘ I felt betrayed , ’ said Quinn , ‘ when I discovered I was n't the first man . |
| 20 | Merchanting er , is the buying and selling of materials not the production of materials , and erm , I was probably the first person from this area , in the leather trade , to go to China and we started to do quite a large business with China , so that immediately I was on my own , the first big operation I took was to go to China and make very substantial purchases of pigskin leather . |
| 21 | The early evening rush hour slowed my return to Stuart Street but I was still the first home to No. 9 , and even Lisabeth seemed to be out or at least locked in her cage . |
| 22 | ‘ I was only the second actor to get a non-exclusive contract . |
| 23 | My predecessor , who played the double-bass , had been appointed in 1935 , and I was only the third headmaster to hold office since the death of Queen Victoria . |