Example sentences of "by be the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It appears that Geordie , the Newcastle chap who cheered things up during the trip to the beach last week , by being the first to run naked into the sea , was badly wounded when his jeep ran over a mine and the driver was killed . |
| 2 | Max Schmeling , who became the darling of the Nazi Party by being the first man to defeat Joe Louis , was feted in one of those boxing nostalgias which try , on the side , to thumb the nose at the American Medical Association and other such clinical societies concerned about brain damage . |
| 3 | Max Schmeling , who became the darling of the Nazi Party by being the first man to defeat Joe Louis , was feted in one of those boxing nostalgias which try , on the side , to thumb the nose at the American Medical Association and other such clinical societies concerned about brain damage . |
| 4 | He did not want to attract attention by being the first or last to appear for dinner , so he left things until five minutes to eight , by which time he had heard several other guests moving about . |
| 5 | With a lieutenant ( who has gained this position by being the first archer to hit the red ) to assist him and the clerk to the captains to advise , he has to arrange and run the next shoot . |
| 6 | Sir Robert Carey , Warden of the English Middle March , had been in London visiting the queen , but had prudently arranged for relays of horses to be ready for him between the capital and Edinburgh , so that he could ingratiate himself with the King of Scots by being the first to arrive with the news that he was now King of England also . |