Example sentences of "[pers pn] was the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I was the sole representative of the general practitioners . |
| 3 | The problem of interpreting the rules was caused by the fact that , having made them myself , I was the sole arbiter . |
| 4 | I was the sole passenger . |
| 5 | If I was the chief rozzer on this case , I 'd have some questions to put to Theo , I can tell you ! ’ |
| 6 | I was the advance man . |
| 7 | I was the advance man for Mrs Thatcher in the 1987 General Election . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | Obviously , they were so sure that I was the right person for the job , that they needed a second opinion . |
| 10 | ‘ I was the right person in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 11 | So the accent was no problem and I was the right age . |
| 12 | I was the early bird that morning , |
| 13 | Three weeks later and thanks to the filter matting , I was the proud owner of five new Zebra Finches . |
| 14 | I was the junior tyro of the group and still at school . |
| 15 | I was the prime suspect this time because of the Golden Syrup job , and although I knew she did n't have any proof , nothing I said made any difference . |
| 16 | I was the full-time receptionist there as well . ’ |
| 17 | To hear her talk you 'd think I was the hired help . |
| 18 | I was the black sheep , you see , and Aunt Pamela did n't want the neighbours suspecting I was my father 's son . ’ |
| 19 | When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field . |
| 20 | ‘ I was going to jump , ’ said Edwards , ‘ but I was the only entrant and the triple jump was cancelled . |
| 21 | In actual fact I have bent over backwards , I was the only councillor that went and welcomed one of our new ke tenant farmers quite recently , having been on the agricultural environment protection committee and been on a board of er interview panel . |
| 22 | I was the only athlete to speak out , to go on the record . |
| 23 | I was the only Arsenal supporter in my entire year at school . |
| 24 | When I arrived Jules and Sherry were nowhere in sight , and I was the only performer without a day job as a singing teacher in Coventry . |
| 25 | At first I thought I was the only patient with cancer , for no one else ever spoke of it . |
| 26 | I was the only patient in there . |
| 27 | ‘ I was the only kid in sandals in the whole neighbourhood . ’ |
| 28 | Going down with my dad who had been president of the lifeboat here for about fifty years , to meet the lifeboat as come in with survivors , I was just a wee boy at the time but I remember the Icelandic trawler , the Geyser and one of the first to be put ashore off the lifeboat that night , was a wee lassie , and she came across the pier and she came to me , because I was the only kid down there that night . |
| 29 | When he finished reading , he began to sing his favourite song , If You Were The Only Girl In The World And I Was The Only Boy , except he turned the words round — for a laugh , he always said — and sang : ‘ If I was the only girl in the world and you were the only boy … . ’ |
| 30 | It was sad for me , I thought , that I was the only girl in the world sufficiently stupid to permit herself to be sacrificed to his vanity . |