Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the person " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was the person who was supposed to go to every city before David got there to make sure that everything was in order , that the hall that was going to be performed in had all the facilities that were required — and the hotels — I had to check all of that . |
| 2 | You were the person they looked on as an authority and father figure , a trust you clearly betrayed . |
| 3 | It 's only then you say you were the person who telephoned . |
| 4 | ( Write as if you were the person you have chosen . ) |
| 5 | but you were the person who actually worked out the , what costs would go in this document were n't you ? |
| 6 | but you were the person at most directly responsible for the provision of these figures is that |
| 7 | ‘ Does n't the Prime Minister realise that she is the only person in this whole shameful episode that ca n't make the excuse that I was only obeying orders , because she was the person giving the orders — and the orders are tyrannical . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And , ’ I went on , ‘ I 'd assume it was the person who killed Angela Brickell who wanted to fix the blame for ever on Harry by making him disappear , only … ’ |
| 9 | It was the person that was fallible , not the organization . |
| 10 | As mentioned , the House of Lords took the view that it was the person who made the transfer and his spouse and possibly persons connected with the transfer of the assets . |
| 11 | It was the person , the personality that I grew to be really good friends with , that I have now grown to love . ’ |
| 12 | He liked Donald a great deal ; and the prospect of the man 's imminent death did nothing to dispel this feeling , since he was the person directly responsible for this state of affairs . |
| 13 | Sometimes he felt that he was the person he was because of them and acted the way he did because of their effects . |
| 14 | ‘ That you ’ Can be proved by the officer dealing with the case proving an admission by the accused that he was the person concerned . |
| 15 | He was the person , taught by his father , who preferred darkness to light , night to day . |
| 16 | He had the enviable but potentially inconvenient gift of making each visitor feel that he was the person Montini had been waiting all his life to talk to . |
| 17 | The issue was whether he was the person he claimed to be , and the Court of Appeal held that this must be tested by his appearance in court where cross-examination could be fully informed by the recollections of several people in England who knew the missing heir before his emigration . |
| 18 | He wrote this book , he started Traidcraft off , he was the person who was i his brainchild , he was the driving force behind it for a long time . |
| 19 | Erm he was the person who invented those terms . |
| 20 | But it was a tersely worded compliment , and as he turned to take an olive from the tray of hors-d'oeuvres already laid out on a side-table , her stabbing disappointment told Belinda that he was the person she had really dressed up for today , though what she wanted to prove to him she did n't quite know . |
| 21 | He was the person when you go away for a vacation , that you leave the key to your flat with , that you say ‘ would you water my geranium ’ . |
| 22 | He was the person , when you go away for a vacation , that you leave the key to your flat with , that you say would you water my geranium ; that is the historical sum of William Shakespeare , it 's the truth . |