Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] i [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found I was the only woman in the upstairs room of the Albert in Kings Cross , listening to a man in a leather jacket giving an introductory talk which seemed to assume that we were all men . |
| 2 | When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field . |
| 3 | I assumed I was the senior man but one of my mates , a very good pal of mine to me , a senior shunter , he says , Oh you 'll get the job , they 'll be wanting to get rid of you Jimmy . |
| 4 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 5 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 6 | At first I thought I was the only patient with cancer , for no one else ever spoke of it . |
| 7 | I thought I was the only one mad enough to go walking in this weather . ’ |
| 8 | I thought I was the only one to satisfy you ; you told me that once ; you said I was the only one who had ever made you — ’ |
| 9 | But I was young and Scottish and I thought I was the greatest . |
| 10 | I thought I was the greatest . |
| 11 | I thought I was the bad girl , but everybody else was doing exactly the same . |
| 12 | I thought I was the only one to satisfy you ; you told me that once ; you said I was the only one who had ever made you — ’ |
| 13 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 14 | He said he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 15 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through … |
| 16 | As it happened I was the first to reach the meeting place , and soon , four others turned up . |
| 17 | He said I was the healthiest ghost he 'd ever seen ! |