Example sentences of "be the very [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mouth closed over hers again , the touch of it as intoxicating as it had been the very first time he had kissed her . |
| 2 | Jessamy found herself remembering how it had been the very first time between them , it had been exactly the same , this sudden wanting . |
| 3 | This one metre section , however , will be the very last part of the connection to be made . |
| 4 | I thought , well Mari would be the very last place that Marion and I would want to go to ! |
| 5 | There was no need for tentative steps of discovery but nevertheless it was as if this were the very first time . |
| 6 | yep , and we developed theo that business here in fact in Suffolk , we were the very first Fire Brigade to , to do it in the seventies , er our own workshops made them erm the units and are now still making them , and the ideas were original ideas on , on , on the equipment and we made about three or four in , in when I retired and I think they made several others now like canteen vans , and erm breathing apparatus , er and so on . |
| 7 | well this , no , fifty one , er this was the last house to be completed on this estate because it had been used as a paint store and we were the very last people |
| 8 | It was simply because the build-up to the general election revealed that policies for reducing pollution were the very last thing on anyone 's agenda . |
| 9 | Now this is the very first day of school for each one of you . |
| 10 | This is the very first question which must be asked and the answer will lie in the content of the information to be imparted and the media which might be interested . |
| 11 | This is the very first idea to be taken into consideration when a choreographer starts to work with music . |
| 12 | This is the very first idea which suggests the beginning of a new research project in the person concerned . |
| 13 | So this , this is the very first Encyclopaedia ? |
| 14 | ‘ It is the very first duty of any government to protect its citizens , not only from external attack but also from internal attack by criminals within our country , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Remember this is the very first class . |
| 16 | This is the very first time that Darwin associates geography with biology . |
| 17 | The title is the very last word scratched on the master , in this case ‘ Loriley ’ , a traditional German melody . |
| 18 | This is the very last place where they would want some outsider installing himself and pursuing his researches . |
| 19 | This is the very last thing that should ever suffer in a time of recession or emergency when people 's belts have to tighten . |
| 20 | Does he agree that such twin torture is the very last thing that British business needs at the moment ? |
| 21 | I mean Stephen is a heck of a long time ago , he 's the very first martyr , and we although we celebrate his feast day still on December the twenty sixth because he is the first martyr , he 's quite a long way away . |
| 22 | It 's the very first stage and anyone who ignores this aspect of the hobby , will spend no end of lovely days pottering about on river banks but will never be rewarded with a good show of colour ( gold ) in their pan . |
| 23 | That 's the very last thing I need to do . |
| 24 | The company 's the very last thing I want to get my hands on right now , and you know it ! ’ |
| 25 | This was the very first person who had spoken to me since we had left London . |
| 26 | This was the very first painting that Artemesia completed at the age of 17 . |
| 27 | It was the very first day of Mildred Hubble 's second year at Miss Cackle 's Academy for Witches . |
| 28 | Let us admit that since the FFYP was the very first exercise of its kind in history , it would not be surprising if there were discrepancies , failures of some kind . |
| 29 | Tommy 's bus was the very first form of public transport that I encountered because he came every Wednesday to the head of the dale to take us to Barnard Castle . |
| 30 | For me , it was the very first time . |