Example sentences of "[pron] was [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | In contrast , I was like my father , and I darkened rapidly in the sun until I was nearly the shade of terracotta . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | I was normally the first RAF person to view the scene , and I find it quite unbearable to attempt to describe the desolation and carnage that confronted one on a hilltop in the isolation and splendour of the Scottish Highlands . |
| 5 | Colin said : ‘ I am renewing old acquaintances as I was previously the site services manager at the end of the South Morecambe project . |
| 6 | The next minute I was up the tree with him . |
| 7 | I was not the only one to have identified closely with my character . |
| 8 | I was not the best around . |
| 9 | It soon became clear that I was not the only moth cruising Karen 's flame . |
| 10 | I was pleased to renew friendships made over two years ago at the First Congress of Black Catholics , and it was a joy to be again in a crowd of African , Afro-Caribbean and Asian Catholics where for once I was not the only black face in a sea of white ones . |
| 11 | Still , when Mario embarked on his four-year career with Chapman , I was not the only one who felt a certain apprehension . |
| 12 | ‘ The community would have much less confidence in me if they believed I was not the sort of person who would stand up for their interests . |
| 13 | ‘ I was not the great campaigning journalist , but I always wanted to be able to give facts , be they favourable or unfavourable to the authorities . ’ |
| 14 | For I was not the first to have stood in Balboa 's footprints . |
| 15 | I was not the only person who felt betrayed by filthy lucre when the World Cup went to the satellite company . |
| 16 | I was not the only sad father in Haworth . |
| 17 | They all laughed , rather more heartily than the witticism warranted ; so I was not the only one who felt awkward . |
| 18 | I had suggested that Longman 's should send it to The Criterion , but obviously I was not the right person to review it . |
| 19 | I was not the only one who had made this uncomfortable observation . |
| 20 | I even think I was not the first . |
| 21 | I was not the daughter he wanted . |
| 22 | I first drew attention to the shortcomings of this edition in 1981 I was not the first to suspect it : as long ago as 1964 Sir Charles Mackerras , in preparing Castor et Pollux for a BBC broadcast , became suspicious of some of the scoring , went over to Paris to inspect the sources for himself , and made some extensive last-minute changes . |
| 23 | I could not believe I was not the only one and it was such a relief . |
| 24 | By the age of 23 , I 'd starred in a one-man show on Broadway and when the play closed I confronted the truth that if I was n't the star of a play I could n't feed myself . |
| 25 | I was n't the sort of girl when I was younger that men lean out of cars and shout things to , and I 'm glad . |
| 26 | I know I was n't the only one who saw your work was important enough to be worth backing , but you must admit you owe me something ! |
| 27 | So I was n't the only duffer around after all . |
| 28 | And I was n't the only one taken in by him — far from it . |
| 29 | William Shakespeare left his wife his ‘ second best bed ’ , and an industrialist from Philadelphia who died in 1947 included among his bequests , ‘ to my wife I leave her lover , and the knowledge that I was n't the fool she thought I was ’ . |
| 30 | It was such a relief to know that I was n't the only one ! |