Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was the early bird that morning , |
| 2 | I remember them well ; they were blue leather and had four spikes and I was the proudest youngster alive in possessing them . |
| 3 | I was the prime suspect this time because of the Golden Syrup job , and although I knew she did n't have any proof , nothing I said made any difference . |
| 4 | Cos I need some friends around just to like protect me cos I was the only girl last week and I just had no one to refer to . |
| 5 | I was the only midwife that evening , waiting for a relief to arrive . |
| 6 | One evening when we were watching the show , I looked around and discovered I was the only person awake in the room . |
| 7 | Dick , thank you for those kind words , er , specially about er my book , and I think I am considering appointing you as my agent er , you also said er that I 'd dr drawn the short straw indeed you er whispered to me that I was the sacrificial lamb this morning well we 'll see about that but I do know that I have the great honour to be invited to speak to congress this morning on behalf of the G M B parliamentary group . |
| 8 | On the one hand , she knew that , with Liz living abroad , she was the only person capable of coping with her father 's problems . |
| 9 | She felt as if she was the only person awake in the world . |
| 10 | Kiku was always pretending that she hated the stares of men , but in reality she was the vainest person alive . |
| 11 | I thought she was the cleaning woman first of all . ’ |
| 12 | because , well I get paid off when the receivers come in , I was about three month out before I got sent back for and er the starting wage was , I think we actually got a wee rise , I think we were the only section that |
| 13 | The exchanges were exceptionally unfruitful because of Mr Berge 's way of delivering every reply as if it were the last word any resonable man would wish to hear on that particular matter . |
| 14 | And partly it was the final report that you . |
| 15 | It was the first time that night Bob had displayed any real emotion . |
| 16 | It was the first time that score had been played in Cape Town , and John Wright told me that the players in rehearsal threw down their instruments in despair . |
| 17 | Although government and rebels had met briefly in 1987 , it was the first time that army officers had agreed to talk with URNG representatives . |
| 18 | Announcing the award of £162,150 , Mr Justice Otton said it was the first time such an action had been brought . |
| 19 | It was the first time two West Indian batsmen had made a century stand for the sixth wicket in each innings of a Test and it took the game right away from England ; when the last wicket fell , Logie was left unbeaten on 95 , the score was 397 , and England had to survive for the best part of two days . |
| 20 | It was the first time professional ballet was seen in South Africa , and the performances caused much excitement . |
| 21 | It was the first time this close to the foreman . |
| 22 | He admits to being nervous because it was the first time this kind of operation was carried out . |
| 23 | It was the first time any one of them had asked her reasons for wanting to come across and see the New Year in , and she answered , ‘ Some men 's do , I suppose . ’ |
| 24 | But it was the first time these five principles had been drawn together and proclaimed specifically for the Gulf . |
| 25 | It was the first wine any of us had had to drink for nearly five months and we got very drunk , extremely fast . |
| 26 | Certainly it was the largest grossing twelve inch of all time , moving Factory Records into worldwide markets they never even dreamed of reaching . |
| 27 | And it was the teeniest bit boring , having largely absorbed the shock element that had once added a prurient interest to social intercourse . |
| 28 | But it was the 38 year old veteran , Jimmy Connors , who made the blood come to the boil . |
| 29 | However , I had seen such sights before , in my days at primary school , and despite the use of Patriots , Jubilees and even Royal Scots on the more prestigious sets of wagons , it was the early afternoon express traffic which was the focal point of my attention . |
| 30 | It was the second explosion this week in India 's largest city . |