Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] only [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
4 | He said he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
5 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through … |
6 | She said she gave it to her daughter because she believed it was the only drug which could help alleviate her condition . |
7 | They had got his birth certificate , which confirmed he was the only son of Sydney Marriot Marr , Major , late of the Royal Artillery , and Helen Marie Armitage . |
8 | One evening when we were watching the show , I looked around and discovered I was the only person awake in the room . |
9 | At first I thought I was the only patient with cancer , for no one else ever spoke of it . |
10 | How comforting to read Gill Rowley 's Pet-Hate List ( YWTU , October GH ) about the check-out trolley pushers — I always thought I was the only person in the world who wanted to reverse , screaming hysterically , ‘ Get back ! ’ |
11 | They all supported an increased budget , which meant they were the ONLY county capped by the Government for spending too much . |
12 | We were using it for drunk driving offenders and repeat traffic offenders , not so much because I felt they were the only people who were appropriate for it , but because we wanted to make sure we started with a group who were not likely to get into major trouble should the project not work out . |
13 | ‘ I thought they were the only party that could rule Namibia . |
14 | She really wanted to know ; though it would be painful , she knew it was the only way . |
15 | I wanted to run it because I thought it was the only way we stood a chance . |
16 | Dougald said his was the only party firmly committed to improving schools throughout Britain . |
17 | His silvery-green eyes on her face , he prompted , ‘ The other night you said you were an only child … ’ |
18 | The reason we did those mailings is because of the warning that we had they were the only mailings available by the way . |
19 | Well , they always said it was the only way to go and he believed it . |
20 | I said well I apologize for sending all that sir , I said , but I said it was the only way to get somebody 's attention of what was going on ! |
21 | and he said it was the only year that he has n't . |
22 | He said it was the only thing that would get him through it . ’ |