Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [pron] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If a painter asked me what was the first step necessary for painting a table ’ Picasso remarked to a friend at this time , ‘ I should say , measure it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ When I did get back she had a very strange and dangerous problem which she dumped in my lap , assured me I was the only man she could trust to handle it . |
| 3 | So I went to take the call in some confusion — confusion made worse by haste when Alexander told me it was the Prime Minister . |
| 4 | The number plate told me it was the same one I 'd followed earlier . |
| 5 | She told me I was the only person she could trust , though I often saw her around with other people , misplaced people , I suppose . |
| 6 | I told you it was the only way ! ’ |
| 7 | He would not have bought it had he been by himself but Maidstone assured him it was the right choice — ‘ Absolutely first rate , dear fellow . ’ |
| 8 | If , and to my mind it 's a colossal if , if she managed to seduce him and then told him he was the father-to-be , and if he believed it , it would have been more his style to pack her off home to her parents and provide for her . |
| 9 | I told her she was the first person to see it since I started work on it . |
| 10 | Er my biggest downfall was that the guy that employed me who was the eldest brother of the two that owned the company got killed in a bloody erm riding accident |
| 11 | Lost it what 's the other one called again ? |
| 12 | She asked him what was the first sentence he had ever learned in English . |
| 13 | The red robe they gave her there was the first bright colour she had worn . |