Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | How dared he act as though she were the guilty party ? |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ 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 … |
| 18 | Sensing his wife 's difficulty , Philip suggested she revert to his mother 's custom and order the meals through Lily , as if she were the departed housekeeper . |
| 19 | If she were the last lassie in the world I couldny |
| 20 | You might very well say that you were the greatest law lecturer in the world , because people tend to say these things about themselves . |
| 21 | On the right-side of Xenly it was fashionable to be fat , the fatter you were the higher you stood in society . |
| 22 | Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so . |
| 23 | After all , you were the first on the scene , and this is the second time you 've been , well almost , in at the death . |
| 24 | While we are on the subject of money , in 1991 you were the first art historian to be awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz Prize . |
| 25 | After all , you were the first to leave the dinner table . |
| 26 | In fact , you were the first woman I 'd made love to in quite a long time , and I have n't even been interested in anyone since you were offered this job here and accepted it . |
| 27 | Or could it be that you were the first rebel in the household and that Suzie 's only following your example ? ’ |
| 28 | You were the first blind person to be employed in the County Council ? |
| 29 | I admit it freely , and I admit that you were the first to make the diagnosis . ’ |
| 30 | So when , when you were working at Squires the fact that you were the first woman ? |