Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I were the only boy , |
| 2 | ‘ If I were the spluttering type , which I 'm not , this would be a sure fire-starter . ’ |
| 3 | Perhaps by my middle-aged presence , the suggestion that Flora and I were the same age ? |
| 4 | Matt and I were the same age within a month but Alfred was two or three years older and Maurice quite a bit younger . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I was the sole representative of the general practitioners . |
| 8 | The problem of interpreting the rules was caused by the fact that , having made them myself , I was the sole arbiter . |
| 9 | I was the sole passenger . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | I was the best man at his wedding . |
| 13 | Since I was the best spinner of my type in the world , eventually it would all come right . |
| 14 | ‘ We first chatted on a roller skating rink , where he was chosen as the best boy skater , and I was the best girl . |
| 15 | ‘ I was the best field agent we ever had . |
| 16 | But the managers I played for all said I was the best professional . |
| 17 | But the managers I played for said I was the best professional . |
| 18 | ‘ Today I was the best swot in the whole school , mum ! ’ answered Jane . |
| 19 | If I was the chief rozzer on this case , I 'd have some questions to put to Theo , I can tell you ! ’ |
| 20 | I was the advance man . |
| 21 | I was the advance man for Mrs Thatcher in the 1987 General Election . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | Obviously , they were so sure that I was the right person for the job , that they needed a second opinion . |
| 24 | ‘ I was the right person in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 25 | So the accent was no problem and I was the right age . |
| 26 | I was the early bird that morning , |
| 27 | Three weeks later and thanks to the filter matting , I was the proud owner of five new Zebra Finches . |
| 28 | I remember them well ; they were blue leather and had four spikes and I was the proudest youngster alive in possessing them . |
| 29 | Her father John said : ‘ Carol looked beautiful at the wedding and I was the proudest dad in the world . |
| 30 | I was the junior tyro of the group and still at school . |