Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The occasion was a small — dinner-party given by Arthur Bryant and his wife at which Moira and I were the only other guests . |
| 2 | So I reached Lochinver in style , had time to look around , and mounted the bus outside the post office : the morning 's collection of mail and I were the only passengers . |
| 3 | Gwenellen and I were the only members of our set on days . |
| 4 | In fact , Alan and I were the only ones to find the old master and pupil just what the doctor ordered . |
| 5 | And I were the only boy , |
| 6 | In the spring of 1520 Benjamin Daunbey and I were the proud occupants of a large manor house on the outskirts of Ipswich . |
| 7 | Millet and I were the first to check that tower , after Falconer 's body was discovered by a guard . |
| 8 | as if I were the current — |
| 9 | ‘ If I were the spluttering type , which I 'm not , this would be a sure fire-starter . ’ |
| 10 | She rushed away before anyone could stop her , rushed too quickly to hear Carlo say , I do n't know , I think if I were the beautiful Katherine 's mother , I might suffer the occasional twinge of jealousy . ’ |
| 11 | Perhaps by my middle-aged presence , the suggestion that Flora and I were the same age ? |
| 12 | I felt that he and I were the same sort of person , that there was something in my brain and heart , in my blood and bone , that connected me to him for ever . |
| 13 | Matt and I were the same age within a month but Alfred was two or three years older and Maurice quite a bit younger . |
| 14 | ‘ We made it , and Chapman and I were the last on to the train . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The problem of interpreting the rules was caused by the fact that , having made them myself , I was the sole arbiter . |
| 17 | I was the sole representative of the general practitioners . |
| 18 | I was the sole passenger . |
| 19 | ‘ We were all good in the eighth class in Moyne but I was the best in maths . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We first chatted on a roller skating rink , where he was chosen as the best boy skater , and I was the best girl . |
| 21 | Since I was the best spinner of my type in the world , eventually it would all come right . |
| 22 | ‘ If I was the best second row forward in England I 'd hope to get into the side , but that 's not the case at the moment , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ Today I was the best swot in the whole school , mum ! ’ answered Jane . |
| 24 | John Heminges said I was the best properties man in the city . |
| 25 | ‘ I was the best field agent we ever had . |
| 26 | ‘ Miss Mates said that I was the best and most hard-working girl she had ever had , ’ she answered proudly . |
| 27 | I was the best man at his wedding . |
| 28 | For six months I was the best customer the Porteneil Pet Shop had , going in every Saturday to get a couple of beasts , and about every month buying a tube of badminton shuttlecocks from the toyshop as well . |
| 29 | But the managers I played for all said I was the best professional . |
| 30 | But the managers I played for said I was the best professional . |