Example sentences of "[verb] [det] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I mean that 's the first thing you have to say , you have to think when you look at you keep , anybody who does the whispering |
| 2 | But I mean that 's the last thing I wan na do but |
| 3 | I mean this is the last which is there . |
| 4 | Moving like an automaton , she dressed in jeans and a warm sweater , smiling mirthlessly as she realised this was the third time she 'd been forced to flee from Dane Jacobsen . |
| 5 | He comes up to him and he goes , you 're only a trainee , and he goes this is the first time we 've ever sent the scum bag back , oh , the scum bag , that 's a big strong even if you are god and he , he |
| 6 | Do you know that 's the first time I 've said your name ? |
| 7 | Do you know that 's the last picture we ever got of her ? |
| 8 | Now you say that 's the second stage , is there a third stage that 's , that 's er , puts more joy on the horizon ? |
| 9 | Now I say that was the first Neighbourhood Watch , it was actually the first police recognized Neighbourhood Watch . |
| 10 | ‘ Do you know this is the first time you and I have been alone together , ’ he whispered . |
| 11 | Ford say this is the first of a new generation of cars . |
| 12 | And let that be the last of Reading for oh , at least another year … next ! |
| 13 | Philips says this is the first example of a ‘ professional ’ steam iron to hit the British shops . |
| 14 | Oh yes it says this is the first world cup the new way of playing the qualifying rounds , this is the first world cup where every team has to play each other and it should mean the best sides make the semi-finals . |
| 15 | I imagine this is the first version |
| 16 | No , I imagine this is the last you 'll hear of the incident . ’ |
| 17 | As I said before , I hope this is the first of many more Hampton Court Palace International Flower Shows in this magnificent setting . |
| 18 | The Italian Foreign Minister , Gianni De Michelis , speaking in his current capacity as President of the Council of Ministers of the European Communities ( EC ) , said that " I hope this is the first step towards complete compliance with UN resolutions " . |
| 19 | Given Minerva 's comments I hope this is the last we will see of this particular advertisement , but in future may I suggest advertisements are refereed and that manufacturers should be permitted to quote only published material and not their own files as references ? |
| 20 | I hope this is the last round sir . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , let this be the last time . |
| 22 | But Mr Deputy Speaker I sincerely hope these are the last erm boundary changes we have to debate . |
| 23 | A few days later the father told a project worker , ‘ You know that was the first time I felt I had something to offer to the school . ’ |
| 24 | Well no not really because erm it , it was a private company as you can understand er , I can I ca n't really explain it everyone seemed to be pulling together you know that was the last thing you thought of , fifth columnists , things like that although it was they used to er , every now and again they used to send government national service officers round to look at the personnel and the structure of the working and if they thought anybody was superfluous to requirements they 'd get the papers soon after to go into the army or the services yeah , yeah , that is true and that happened , used to happen in factories all round the area , it was called the Essential Works Order . |
| 25 | I know this was the first time they 'd ever thought of or considered themselves as artists , before that I guess they just thought they were lucky . |
| 26 | ‘ Let's hope this is the last chapter for them — it has been hanging over them for more than a year — and they can now start to rebuild their lives . ’ |
| 27 | FHSAs and prescribing This is the fifth and final article in a series of articles on the future of family health services authorities |
| 28 | And I scrambled out of me chain and as I was doing that 's the last he remembers . |
| 29 | ‘ And I suppose that was the first you knew of my taking over the part ? ’ |
| 30 | HSING-I This is the last of the three internal styles , invented by a general named Yueh Fei in the 12th century . |