Example sentences of "[verb] i [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it happens , I do n't think I 'm the right person to lead humanity into the future , no . |
| 2 | I do n't think I 'm the only volunteer who 's ashamed of their early attitude to AIDS and I 'm only glad that we had the sense , collectively , to listen to reason before the calls began . |
| 3 | OK , maybe it seems harsh , but I do n't think I 'm the only one who gets slightly bugged by dropouts trying to make me feel like I 'm insensitive and uncaring if I do n't pay for their drink . |
| 4 | OK , maybe it seems harsh , but I do n't think I 'm the only one who gets slightly bugged by dropouts trying to make me feel like I 'm insensitive and uncaring if I do n't pay for their drink . |
| 5 | To hear her talk you 'd think I was the hired help . |
| 6 | I do n't know if it was because it never happened , or because they did n't think I was the right person to talk to . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ How do you know I am the only one they targeted ? |
| 9 | When you awaken in the morning hush I am the uplifting rush Of quiet birds encircled flight I am the soft stars that shine at night . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field . |
| 12 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 13 | He said he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 14 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through … |
| 15 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 16 | I mean listen I 'm the first person to talk in in support of body piercing I look I have parts of my body pierced I like it but I do n't think standing around the street corners sort of revealing it is a nice thing to do . |
| 17 | ‘ But the King says I am the best horseman in his army . |
| 18 | I hope I 've been given I hope I be the temporary staff but , those homes are being refurbished , there are no vacant beds in those homes because they are being refurbished . |
| 19 | I hope I 'm the right person . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It 's always said I 'm the perfect man for long- ball football , but I can play anywhere you want me to . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It was a fight but now that I am at college you can believe I am the happiest girl around here . |
| 23 | As it happened I was the first to reach the meeting place , and soon , four others turned up . |
| 24 | When I made love to you , and then , even more devastating , discovered I was the first , that you 'd chosen me to be your first lover , it was like … capturing the castle , stealing the Crown Jewels … ’ |
| 25 | One evening when we were watching the show , I looked around and discovered I was the only person awake in the room . |
| 26 | ‘ I also know I 'm the only one capable of freeing that butterfly from its chrysalis . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I also know I 'm the only one who can make those fires burn . ’ |
| 28 | And then she said , darling , you know I 'm the last person to be a prude , but his reputation … there must be fire , there 's so much smoke . |
| 29 | Or I 'm responsible for erm and she did what she did rather than saying I 'm the indoor sales exec or the the account handler or the telesales person who is or |
| 30 | stops to watch me I suppose I am the exact centre |