Example sentences of "she be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | If she were the last lassie in the world I couldny |
3 | She said , ‘ She 's the first person I 've ever known die , in my life . ’ |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Now she 's the first patient being treated at the hospital 's new dermatology building . |
6 | Nicky Bingham is her name … her game showjumping … and she 's the first to go in our action round up |
7 | Well , in that she 's the first woman Prime Minister , she 's the longest serving Prime Minister of erm in this century . |
8 | She 's the last person that should be an exception to the general rule . |
9 | And she 's the last of the family . |
10 | ‘ You know Cara , she 's the last word in efficiency — nothing can go wrong . ’ |
11 | 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 |
12 | she 's the last one of the family that 's really still alive and she 's well into her eighties and erm |
13 | Signora Madeline Vesey Neroni is the most exotic character in Trollope 's novel ; she is the second daughter of Dr. Vesey Stanhope , one of the diocesan clergymen in Barchester . |
14 | She is the first to admit that she was bitten by the Puppy Love bug from quite an early age — which stood her in good stead when it came to dealing with the opposite sex in later years . |
15 | Goldsmith talks with some conviction , but she is the first to admit that she is a phoney . |
16 | She is the first woman to hold this post . |
17 | The baby soon learns that her presence is necessary for the satisfaction of its needs and she is the first individual " other " whom the infant recognises . |
18 | She is the last woman I saw . |
19 | Anna 's family are all dead and she now believes that she is the last person left in the world . |
20 | Her identity is widely known in the village , but her wishes are respected and her name will not be revealed here She is the last of a long line of illustrious cheesemakers and her regular clients can only hope that she will pass on her expertise to the next generation . |
21 | Now 92 , she is the last surviving member of what came to be dubbed ‘ the Glasgow Girls ’ , the group who went through Glasgow School of Art during the early part of the century . |
22 | She was the second child and second daughter in the family of one son and three daughters of Dr Richard Marsden Pankhurst , barrister and republican , and his wife Emmeline Pankhurst [ q.v. ] , daughter of Robert Goulden , a prosperous Manchester cotton manufacturer . |
23 | She was the second daughter and fourth child in the family of two sons and five daughters of Frederick Cons , a maker of pianoforte cases for Broadwood 's , and his wife Esther Goodair , the daughter of a Stockport mill-owner . |
24 | She was the second of four children , two boys and two girls . |
25 | But sh she was the second best shooter there . |
26 | Yes , she was the first person who made me realise that acting was more than just speaking and doing . |
27 | I told her she was the first person to see it since I started work on it . |
28 | She was the first British prime Minister to mount a sustained challenge to post-war consensus politics and , more than any other post-war Prime Minister , she is often regarded as a figure apart from her Cabinet . |
29 | She was the first of a line of ‘ nymphets ’ who would also include Carroll Baker in Baby Doll and be raised to the permanence of art in Nabokov 's Lolita . |
30 | It is entirely fitting that Dawn Run should share the statuary honours with the other two Cheltenham legends , for she was the first — and to date the only — horse to win both the Champion Hurdle and the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |