Example sentences of "she [be] the only " in BNC.
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| 1 | She s the only creature I 've seen … |
| 2 | But — oh , Ellie , there was such a to-do last time , Phena carrying on as though she were the only person in the world who had been lied to , and I know it was hard for her , and Feargal would have given her all this without a blink , but she wanted to play the martyr , and now makes him pay for it in oh , so many little ways . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And then — this evening , when everyone was so upset … you only thought of her … you went off after her as if she were the only person that mattered to you … |
| 4 | She 's the only one who 's small enough not to worry anyone . ’ |
| 5 | ( BUT SHE 'S THE ONLY ONE WHO DOES N'T ) |
| 6 | She 's the only person I 've seen die really horribly . |
| 7 | But when I go out she 's the only thing I talk about , she 's more important . |
| 8 | ‘ She 's the only one in the world who ever cared about me , ’ she said , but when Julia protested , Minnie sneered , ‘ It 's all right . |
| 9 | And she 's the only female on the floor . |
| 10 | We have girls in the offices and women in the offices obviously , but she 's the only tradesperson if you like , on the floor . |
| 11 | ‘ If you ask me , she 's the only woman in the world for him . ’ |
| 12 | He remembered the woman he lived with saying ‘ she 's the only woman in the world for him . ’ |
| 13 | Not that she 's the only one . |
| 14 | ‘ She 's the only one who could make a positive identification , ’ Mahmoud explained . |
| 15 | It was worth waiting for , this is the happiest day of my life , she 's the only one |
| 16 | Penny Mallory is assured of being the top woman driver … because she 's the only British lady behind the wheel this year … and what 's more her co-driver and mechanics are all women too |
| 17 | I bet she 's the only one in the whole class doing it . |
| 18 | It really annoys me , and every now and again I sit him down and say now look you , oh Henry , and he adores , the actual , personally my father adores my mother and the sun has always shone out , she 's the only person in the world for him |
| 19 | That was strange cos she 's the only daughter is n't she ? |
| 20 | She 's the only one . |
| 21 | She 's the only one in the whole |
| 22 | she might think that , you know , she 's the only one who 's gon na turn up and |
| 23 | She is the only decent character among the money-grabbers and hangers-on surrounding the Rake . |
| 24 | ‘ Does n't the Prime Minister realise that she is the only person in this whole shameful episode that ca n't make the excuse that I was only obeying orders , because she was the person giving the orders — and the orders are tyrannical . ’ |
| 25 | Outgoing and engaging , she is the only girl in a household of brothers and confessed to being the pet of the family . |
| 26 | Teachers should be active when in the shop and approach the learners ; sometimes the learner holds back because she feels she is the only one with difficulties . |
| 27 | Because of this , and because she , too , was rebellious , she is the only one of Minuchin 's patients with whom I can identify . |
| 28 | ‘ Of all the riverfolk I 've met , she is the only one who was ever nice to me . ’ |
| 29 | Jaguar 's appearance and condition belie her age and we believe she is the only Swan 65 sloop in the market . |
| 30 | She is the only woman in the world for me . |