Example sentences of "he would be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | If I was injured , he 'd be the first to come to my aid . |
3 | ‘ I might 've known he 'd be the first rat to desert this sinking ship . ’ |
4 | 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 . |
5 | If I did love him , she thought more soberly , he 'd be the first one that I have , maybe . |
6 | He 'd be the first to admit it . |
7 | But the way Bridges plays him he 'd be the first sicko picked out of an identity parade . |
8 | But the way Bridges plays him he 'd be the first sicko picked out of an identity parade . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 ’ |
11 | you 'd think he 'd be the last one to smile , but he 's always smiling int he , lovely |
12 | But he would be the first to admit he owed most of his success to his wife Renee . |
13 | He may not fancy it , but it 's a safe bet that he would be the first man to do it . |
14 | Terence Blacker had made a small bet with himself that he would be the first speaker to mention children 's books : he won . |
15 | I was just trying work out when Robert left school and whether he would be the first lot , but he wo n't be . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | While the Prime Minister himself denied that he would be the first executive President , in the absence of any obvious independent candidates , there was an assumption that whoever did take up the office would closely reflect Lee 's views . |
19 | If I said I needed a member of the cast to be doused with a bucket of water , he would be the first to volunteer ; he was game for anything . |
20 | His reasoning being that when the clarion call is sounded on Resurrection Day and the whole world is turned upside down , he would be the first one out and standing on his feet . |
21 | He would be the first name on my team sheet for as long as he continues to keep fit . |
22 | And he would be the first to say that the time spent on making those long , hazardous journeys has paid dividends . |
23 | He would be the first boy to land on the moon . |
24 | She expected no favours from Ace , and he would be the last to give her any as far as her job was concerned . |
25 | But he would be the last of them in that did it . |