Example sentences of "[verb] be [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should 've been first thing in morning if that would happen . |
| 2 | In 1911 he wrote : ‘ In the past man has been first , in the future the system must be first . ’ |
| 3 | Spink , who has been first choice since regaining the No 1 spot from Les Sealey in March , said : ‘ There was a time when my future seemed in jeopardy but things have turned my way again . ’ |
| 4 | All are back with Parramatta and their father Les has been first grade manager . |
| 5 | By the time you realize your accountant has been second rate , your career may be over . |
| 6 | I must mention one member — Angela ( nee Feetenby ) — for her help to me has been second to none — not only do I congratulate her for that but on your behalf I want to wish her every happiness in her new life — she was married last July to Harry Bell . |
| 7 | ‘ Until now , information about his death has been second or third hand . |
| 8 | It was the best time of his life , and everything since has been second best . |
| 9 | THINKING , talking and working along European lines has been second nature to Mike Ward for many years now . |
| 10 | ‘ I think the best I 've qualified has been 12th and I have never finished a race , so I am due something . |
| 11 | His placing so far has been third , fourth and eighth , a remarkable feat when competing against the best that Scotland can produce . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's been lying there in a state of collapse , and not a soul has been next or nigh her ! ’ |
| 13 | As might be expected women who left school at the minimum age had the largest families , but the best educated were next in line . |
| 14 | But the dig , which involved drilling three holes , was called off after all they found were eighteenth century foundations . |
| 15 | I explained how I 'd attempted to fire at the Corporal as Kaptan lay on the ground and how the gun had malfunctioned ; it would be more accurate to say I 'd been first to aim but the Corporal had got his shots off first . |
| 16 | He tried to remember where he 'd been last . |
| 17 | God knows where she 'd been last night . ’ |
| 18 | She fully expected him to ignore her sarcastic question , or , in his delightfully blunt fashion , tell her he was out for a walk , not an idle chinwag , when , to cause her to falter in her stride , ‘ How about — where you 'd been last Thursday while I waited outside your flat for you to come home ? ’ |
| 19 | The two further major reservations that must be made are first that the service is moulded chiefly by the doctrine of ministerial responsibility with all that flows from it — anonymity , one collective viewpoint , secrecy and a degree of isolation from the rest of the community . |
| 20 | MANCHESTER UNITED were last night involved in a bizarre transfer mix-up with Barnet over striker Gary Bull . |
| 21 | Well , well what I 'll do is next week I 'll |
| 22 | We well what I think I 'm gon na do is next Thur not this Thursday , we 'll just have to live through this Thursday , but next Thursday , erm I 'm gon na get get Stella back on , and I 'm just gon na sell it as cost , whatever it is , sixty P a pint or whatever . |
| 23 | Where the edges between reality and fiction become blurred , there is a danger that the emotion felt is first order , that is , unmediated by abstraction or knowledge of pretence . |
| 24 | The inconvenience these excavations caused was second only to that created by the dust storms . |
| 25 | At Rouen , he finished third , a lap down , and at Brands Hatch , crucified by the pain in his wrist and driving mostly one-handed , the best he could do was sixth place . |
| 26 | The care and attention he received was first class throughout his stay and although he missed out on a family Christmas at home , the staff more than made up for it and he was showered with extra presents which helped to speed his recovery . |
| 27 | This one was thick and protuberant , and bent unexpectedly at the top : it looked like a cross between a penis and a corkscrew , and the little group looked at it as if wondering who would dare be first to point this out . |
| 28 | SAVE 's first priority was to persuade the council that such a desperate measure could be avoided . |
| 29 | Matthew Saunders , SAVE 's second Secretary , now runs the Ancient Monuments Society and the Friends of Friendless Churches , and Sophie Andreae , his successor , is Head of the London Division of English Heritage . |
| 30 | In any graphics system the object to be animated is first drawn on paper in a number of key positions . |