Example sentences of "[that] [pron] be the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let me remind the cynics opposite that yours is the only Group on this Council which has voted against our proposals on disability . |
| 2 | You will find that I am the one person you can always trust . |
| 3 | You see , I 've had a few quite long relationships before but , although I think the world of this young lady and love her deeply , I do n't feel that I am the marrying kind . |
| 4 | Perhaps the reason that I am the invisible man ( in Gadfly terms ) is because I do n't frequent the same watering holes as your journalists . |
| 5 | They 'll always be in the record books that I am the only man at any weight who 's ever won three Lonsdale belts outright . |
| 6 | In addition to what Nicholas er recounted about my brother , I believe that I am the only minister in the government , possibly the only member of parliament who has ever worked for the Save The Children Fund . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm Ron Barton and I 'll have you know that I am the Roving Correspondent of the True Brit , the newspaper with an even bigger circulation than the Sun , and I never laid a finger on , or up , the lady . |
| 8 | Darling darling , I feel that I am the luckiest man on earth and I want you to know that I know I am . |
| 9 | ‘ Because that 's all I do know , and I 'm looking for evidence that I 'm the surviving twin . ’ |
| 10 | Incidentally , ’ he leaned forward , and she noticed that his face was smooth and tanned , and rather handsome behind those glasses , ‘ incidentally , I do n't go round telling everyone that I 'm the managing director . |
| 11 | I 'm telling you as a fact that I 'm the only person in this industry who 's done it . |
| 12 | I do n't flatter myself that I 'm the only man on your horizon . ’ |
| 13 | I 've just suddenly realized actually that I 'm the only health worker |
| 14 | I 've persuaded the people who matter that I 'm the best man to work with you to help us clear this up , but I 'm like a football manager , Cameron ; I can be replaced at a moment 's notice and I 'm only as good as the results I get . |
| 15 | ‘ So , OK , I 'm not saying that I 'm the best commodity dealer in London . |
| 16 | He rings back to inform me that I 'm the rudest person he has ever met . |
| 17 | ‘ Meaning , ’ she continued , ‘ that your neat little theory that I 'm the obvious suspect is actually pretty hollow … ’ |
| 18 | Obviously , they were so sure that I was the right person for the job , that they needed a second opinion . |
| 19 | It was sad for me , I thought , that I was the only girl in the world sufficiently stupid to permit herself to be sacrificed to his vanity . |
| 20 | I also had fierce battles with Peter Rees , while Peter 's successor , John MacGregor , maintained that I was the only minister who almost walked out of one of his ‘ bilaterals ’ . |
| 21 | I told Bates straight out that I was the only man who had the vision and know-how to keep his club in the First Division and that for a reasonable salary , say 16K a year , I would be willing to quit Athletico . |
| 22 | It was pretty wonderful to be sitting there watching it all and knowing that I was the only person in the whole school who realised exactly what was going on inside the Trunchbull 's pants . |
| 23 | She looked at me unsmiling and I opened my mouth to protest that I was the last person in the world to take such a thing for granted , that I was the only person in the world who held a low opinion of sexual experience . |
| 24 | So it was indeed a classic nightmare where I dreamt that I was the only person searching for the child , and the only person who saw that this vast Argosy was down near the coastline , and I landed in a most difficult position near the aircraft and found nobody else about . |
| 25 | ‘ No , the strange thing is that I was the only applicant . |
| 26 | My own position was perhaps rendered the more difficult by Ian Smith 's assertion at one time that I was the only representative from this country that he trusted . |
| 27 | I 'm pretty sure that I was the only mother & baby entrant as I struggled on sometimes running , sometimes walking around the 10 mile course encouraged by the smiles and cheers of the many people who lined the route . |
| 28 | I had thought that I was the only murderer in the family , but old Eric beat me to it , killing his mum before he had even drawn breath . |
| 29 | I am very proud that I was the highest scorer for Darlington for many years . |
| 30 | ‘ When we — I realised right away that I was the first man to … |