Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adv] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Mola still pushing towards the city on its northern flank , Franco realized that he might not be the first Nationalist general to enter Madrid . |
| 2 | If Tim were guilty and told her so , he would not be the first person who had admitted a crime to a journalist . |
| 3 | ‘ And he would n't be the first man to become deeply jealous when he sees another man apparently usurping his role as a father . ’ |
| 4 | It was Barbara , of course , who had told him , but he would n't be the first one to mention her name . |
| 5 | He would n't be the first homosexual man to go to bed with a woman in the hope of proving he was n't gay . |
| 6 | There was also still a feeling in the Hollywood colony that as he had established himself as a star he should not play an unattractive character , and , what is more , he would only be the second lead and not appear for the first twenty minutes . |
| 7 | Smith supporters have been forced to confront the allegations of a union stitch-up ; as a result , he will probably be the last leader to be elected under the current rules . |
| 8 | He will not be the first cabinet secretary to sell this line of being a decent person savaged by a three-headed Cerberus in the White House . |
| 9 | If the softly spoken Welshman is making history as the first rugby man to conquer soccer , he will not be the last . |
| 10 | He wo n't be the last big gun brought out in the battle for Stockton South . |