Example sentences of "[vb past] i be [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After we all clambered off the bus and entered the school I started to become a bit more relaxed as I realised I was n't the only person there who had butterflies as big as eagles in their stomachs . |
| 2 | But it seemed I was n't the only one with such fancies . |
| 3 | ‘ I felt betrayed , ’ said Quinn , ‘ when I discovered I was n't the first man . |
| 4 | What interested me was how the editorial approach to these readers compared with the neighbouring ad : ‘ A weak Gordon 's & Tonic ( please do not adjust your magazine ) ’ , it said , wetly . |
| 5 | Andropov produced a list of names with crosses against them , and I understood I was practically the last Presidium member who had not been ‘ sworn in ’ . |
| 6 | And I knew I was n't the only one . |
| 7 | ‘ I knew I was n't the only person in the world you 'd got the courage to shout at , ’ she says . |
| 8 | I knew I was n't the only victim because I had heard complaints from others ; the fruiterer who saw his apples disappear from the box in front of the shop , the grocer who unwillingly supplied him with free biscuits . |
| 9 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
| 10 | And the photograph matched it sort of said I 'm not the same you know what I mean ? what he said . |