Example sentences of "and he be the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 And he is the first to quit because of revelations about his private life since Energy Minister Cecil Parkinson admitted fathering a child by his secretary almost nine years ago .
2 ‘ The Duchess bred him , and he is the last one with three spots of Arkle 's blood in his veins . ’
3 Well , maybe the first four or five will , and he 's the first of the five .
4 And he was the second Bristol joyrider to die in a police chase this week .
5 And he was the second oldest of the family .
6 The defensive headers of the tall , red-haired Roberts soon made him a familiar figure at Highbury , and he was the first defending centre-half to earn the name ‘ policeman ’ or ‘ stopper ’ .
7 The event gave him a place in world headlines , and he was the first classical pianist to win a platinum disc for sales exceeding a million copies of a single record , for his recording of Tchaikovsky 's first piano concerto .
8 Practical experience with stained glass must have led George Palmer to consider the nature of colour , and he was the first to put forward the modern theory of colour vision and colour blindness .
9 And he was the first mufti in the Ottoman state . "
10 ‘ Well , he was interested — and he was the first .
11 And he was the first and the only Republican or Democratic candidate to propose an international minimum wage .
12 Sadly , Marks did not last very long and he was the first of the Commanding Officers of the four founder squadrons to he lost in battle ; this was flat only great loss to the squadron , hut certainly to the Pathfinders .
13 But one thing Rachel was certain of was that the revival of those memories had only intensified her dislike of her sister 's ex-fiancé , and when she arrived for work the following Monday morning and he was the first person she saw she found her resolve to have as little to do with him as possible had only been strengthened .
14 His interest in politics came partly from it , and he was the first of a string of Thatcherite Tories to come from St Andrews .
15 And he was the first er , really , er boxer who became a celebrity .
16 Without him , we would n't have won promotion when we did , and he was the last player I wanted to lose .
17 And he was the last person Carver needed just now .
18 He thought she was Garry 's lover , and he was the last man to want another man 's discarded lover .
19 He was a self-opinionated , overbearing tyrant , and he was the last man she should want to tangle with .
20 And he was the last cooper .
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