Example sentences of "[prep] be [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 it must of been about Tuesday , it must of been first day
2 Must of been last Christmas cos
3 The seating plan had given me no view at all of my now-giggling pals , but the great bonus of being next to Patricia Hutchinson , and opposite the Principal , who is most gracious , and does n't miss a trick .
4 Ross Drummond ( 72 ) was on 297 to be 44th , one ahead of Gary Orr ( 74 ) .
5 Although this turned out be the quietest piece of the whole site , at the far extreme a very small hammered coin came to light which looks to be 16th/17th century and of Italian or Papal States origin .
6 Inevitably the system has not been rigorously followed ; thus in the Great Bear the brightest star is not Alpha , but Epsilon , which really ought to be fifth , while in Orion , Rigel ( Beta Orionis ) is brighter than Betelgeux ( Alpha ) .
7 Julie , on her return , had her best finish ever in a British championship when she had closing rounds of 72 and 71 to be fifth in the Stroke-Play at Southerness .
8 They liked to be first , to be respected , to sit close to the altar , to be called up to lift the scrolls .
9 Four of the extra 21 community stations are vying to be first on the air .
10 ‘ We like to be first in everything , ’ Richard says .
11 There is a keen battle between these two to be first into their home port of Auckland .
12 Dot knew what she was really up to , waiting to be first with bad news .
13 The companies are keeping many details of their projects a secret while rushing to be first on the screen .
14 So the true task of adult education these days ought to be first and foremost to equip a sufficient body of ordinary citizens so that they are capable of forming rationally grounded opinions upon matters of public importance .
15 I had tried to be first in order to get it over with quickly but now it was clear that I would be under the gaze of most if not all of the class .
16 Each team 's goal is to determine what it would have to do to be first class and then to handle things its own way .
17 There on the green plateau , glistening in the sunshine , was a collection of various types of aircraft , mainly in what appeared to be first class condition .
18 He himself was considered too old for general naval duties so he began to teach these young folk to be first class fishermen .
19 The answer to these questions lies in the intense international rivalry to be first with fusion , a rivalry that persists to this day .
20 Instead , whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant , and whoever wants to be first must be your slave — just as the Son of Man did not come to be served , but to serve , and to give his life as a ransom for many ’ ' ( Matthew 20:25–28 ) .
21 Are you going to be first jockey for him next year ? ’
22 He used his nimbleness to make sure he got onto the sofa first , and to be first upstairs at bedtime to claim his sleeping place .
23 The fact is Koi have a pecking order — not based on aggression , so much as a will to be first up to the pellets .
24 There has to be first aid as well as long-term treatment to world problems .
25 This time we were determined to be first .
26 John Lawton was master for this voyage , fresh from another ship but prudently bringing his own cook with him : it fell to Robert Titford to be first mate .
27 It would also show scientists as real people , with urges for power and glory , desirous to be first in the race and to win the prizes that this offered .
28 How there is rivalry , a desire to be first , but played out within established rules of conduct .
29 People fought to be first on , children were lifted through windows ; the scene was frighteningly chaotic .
30 And that is why Peter 's office decided long ago that he was not the person to be first to hear news about the latest software products .
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