Example sentences of "[vb past] i [be] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But it was of no avail , and as the time passed I was the unwilling witness of the gradual transition from heartiness to silence , then to something like panic . |
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 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 . |
4 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
5 | He said he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
6 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through … |
7 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | One evening when we were watching the show , I looked around and discovered I was the only person awake in the room . |
10 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
11 | At first I thought I was the only patient with cancer , for no one else ever spoke of it . |
12 | How comforting to read Gill Rowley 's Pet-Hate List ( YWTU , October GH ) about the check-out trolley pushers — I always thought I was the only person in the world who wanted to reverse , screaming hysterically , ‘ Get back ! ’ |
13 | I thought I was the bad girl , but everybody else was doing exactly the same . |
14 | I always thought I was the philandering type , but my mind keeps going back to her . |
15 | John Heminges said I was the best properties man in the city . |
16 | But the managers I played for all said I was the best professional . |
17 | He said I was the healthiest ghost he 'd ever seen ! |
18 | ‘ Well , actually , Sam said I was the same height as him now and he happened to have two . |