Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , as soon as I 'd said that , I realised it was the wrong thing to have said . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field . |
| 4 | ‘ I assumed it was the deliberate policy of an amateur sport towards a ‘ public service ’ . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I guessed it was the bald man 's son . |
| 7 | We were using it for drunk driving offenders and repeat traffic offenders , not so much because I felt they were the only people who were appropriate for it , but because we wanted to make sure we started with a group who were not likely to get into major trouble should the project not work out . |
| 8 | ‘ I felt he was the right man for the job in 1990 when he was appointed to succeed Bobby Robson . |
| 9 | When I saw you , I knew you were the ideal person to share with , and I 've never regretted it . ’ |
| 10 | But I knew it would work , I knew it was the perfect register for it ; it was just a question of the right tonality and the right feeling . |
| 11 | I had seen Come Blow Your Horn and kept my eye on what he was up to , and I knew he was the right person for that part . |
| 12 | He 's always sending her flowers — and last time I looked she was the only one on his list who got an ‘ A ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought they were the only party that could rule Namibia . |
| 14 | I thought she was the cleaning woman first of all . ’ |
| 15 | I thought she was the tasty one as well . |
| 16 | I thought it was the other church , the one near the market , and I waited there till a quarter to twelve , and then I realized my mistake . |
| 17 | It 's lovely I thought it was the real thing . |
| 18 | Well I thought it was the forced |
| 19 | think it was this I thought it was the small |
| 20 | I wanted to run it because I thought it was the only way we stood a chance . |
| 21 | At first I thought it was the naval guns out in the Channel . |
| 22 | I thought it was the front doorbell . |
| 23 | I thought it was the National Front actually |
| 24 | I thought it was the tragic comedy like life really . |
| 25 | At first I thought I was the only patient with cancer , for no one else ever spoke of it . |
| 26 | I thought I was the only one mad enough to go walking in this weather . ’ |
| 27 | I thought I was the only one to satisfy you ; you told me that once ; you said I was the only one who had ever made you — ’ |
| 28 | I thought I was the bad girl , but everybody else was doing exactly the same . |
| 29 | I said you 're the general dogsbody ! |
| 30 | I said well I apologize for sending all that sir , I said , but I said it was the only way to get somebody 's attention of what was going on ! |