Example sentences of "be [prep] the very [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They got another example of how dangerous the Headmistress could be on the very next day . |
| 2 | We want you to be among the very first in Britain to benefit from these developments and to enjoy them ! |
| 3 | ‘ Luckily we were in the very last row . |
| 4 | The A. & P. Gypsies , by the way , were among the very first stars to have a radio ‘ series ’ — a programme which was broadcast regularly from the same station at the same time of the same day of the week . |
| 5 | He has the distinction of being among the very first in the country to ‘ do Koi properly ’ , and his 25 years ' experience were passed on to Ken at meetings of the local section of the BKKS . |
| 6 | But I have worked for the Yale and Parks 's in the very first instance , yes . |
| 7 | She was on the very first Dreamflight in 1987 as a leukaemia sufferer and was now back as a helper , having been given the all-clear this year . |
| 8 | The Barley Mow brewery was among the very last to still brew draught London porter , which it made until the late 1930s , and even in the 1950s it was famous for another dark beer , its Main Line mild . |
| 9 | It was at the very next stage was n't it that you had this switch from a boundary which we could accept to one which we profoundly could not accept ? |