Example sentences of "she [vb mod] be the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 There was another relative from Hilda 's side of the family with a feeble grasp on life and reality , who kept muttering remarks like ‘ To think she should be the first to go , ’ and ‘ Well , who would have thought it ? ’
2 I think she should be the first to know that you are now officially my girlfriend . ’
3 If she succeeds she 'll be the first British woman to climb Everest .
4 She 'll be the last . ’
5 She subscribed to the journals Poétique and Tel Quel so that she could be the first person on the Trumpington Road to know the latest thoughts of Roland Barthes and Julia Kristeva .
6 She 'd be the first to deny it . ’
7 I told her she should really leave or she 'd be the last .
8 If you had any doubts about doing anything , she would be the first to say , ‘ Do n't be silly , you can do it . ’
9 She would be the first woman Lord Chancellor , but her love of hunting could prove an embarrassment to a party committed to doing away with the sport .
10 If she did , then she would be the first who cared anything for his opinions since his old master died .
11 She would be the first to know , then he would throw a party to tell his friends who had graduated from the Red Army Academy with him the previous year .
12 She would be the third woman in Major 's Cabinet .
13 She will be the first woman in the award 's 10-year history .
14 Amaryllis is the first woman to whom I have proposed and I trust she will be the last .
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