Example sentences of "he [vb mod] be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He managed furthermore discreetly to put into circulation the audacious proposal that he should be the first Governor-General of the two independent states . |
| 2 | Gaitskell became excited at the prospect and instructed me with great firmness that as soon as I had received the ‘ discovered ’ documents I was to show them to no one but to come straight to him , so that he should be the first person to know who the culprit was or what information was available that would lead to the culprit 's identity . |
| 3 | He 's England 's answer to Tom Selleck and I think he should be the next James Bond , man ’ The cricketer was allegedly slated to appear in a film opposite Oliver Reed , and his humorous performances on Question Of Sport surprised many . |
| 4 | He must be the tenth this week . |
| 5 | And when those bombs start falling he 'll be the first to dive into it . ’ |
| 6 | He 'll be the next in . |
| 7 | He wanted a promise that as soon as the baby appeared he should be sent for , ‘ even in the dead of night ’ so that he might be the first to kiss it . |
| 8 | They all turned out to watch him go , Pen clamouring to accompany him so that he might be the first to embrace and welcome Lily 's baby . |
| 9 | This was not one of life 's big surprises and actually it set one to wondering if he might be the first ever since the whole shameless , glittering , addictive business began back in 1927 . |
| 10 | The sounds he made fell into the embrace of a dead echo , and he felt that he might be the last man on earth . |
| 11 | He could be the first Bulgarian import into the British game . |
| 12 | Rowing team boss Brian Armstrong says : ‘ Greg is the one coming through — he could be the next Redgrave . |
| 13 | The court heard that Baillie had asked another man to hide the gun and warned him that he could be the next to be 'blown away' |
| 14 | There 's no question Quinn — and Cottee , Aldridge and the rest — are masters of the art and if I had one in my club , he 'd be the first name on the sheet . |
| 15 | If I was injured , he 'd be the first to come to my aid . |
| 16 | ‘ I might 've known he 'd be the first rat to desert this sinking ship . ’ |
| 17 | Goreng had been worried it might be a set-up — paranoia and distrust were that army 's staple — and he 'd assured Martinho that he 'd be the first to go if that was the case . |
| 18 | If I did love him , she thought more soberly , he 'd be the first one that I have , maybe . |
| 19 | He 'd be the first to admit it . |
| 20 | But the way Bridges plays him he 'd be the first sicko picked out of an identity parade . |
| 21 | But the way Bridges plays him he 'd be the first sicko picked out of an identity parade . |
| 22 | Well football pools are a splendid started because recently somebody has won just over nine hundred thousand pounds , and it 's interesting to note that he did this without exercising too much skill , as I 'm sure he 'd be the first to admit , because he enters the same numbers every week . |
| 23 | I shot him in the back ’ Bailie asked Larkins to hide the gun and warned him that if anything happened to it , he 'd be the next to be ’ blown away ’ |
| 24 | you 'd think he 'd be the last one to smile , but he 's always smiling int he , lovely |
| 25 | But he would be the first to admit he owed most of his success to his wife Renee . |
| 26 | He may not fancy it , but it 's a safe bet that he would be the first man to do it . |
| 27 | Terence Blacker had made a small bet with himself that he would be the first speaker to mention children 's books : he won . |
| 28 | I was just trying work out when Robert left school and whether he would be the first lot , but he wo n't be . |
| 29 | He did n't always express himself perfectly , he would be the first to admit that , but it was n't what you said , it was the way you said it . |
| 30 | Staring from the window , her mouth curved in a smile , she wondered what he would say if she told him that if he did make love to her he would be the first . |