Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] was the [adj] person " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 2 | He said he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 3 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through … |
| 4 | One evening when we were watching the show , I looked around and discovered I was the only person awake in the room . |
| 5 | 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 ! ’ |
| 6 | Before Eva had time to do a mental check list of any way that she or the students at the ICO might have offended , General Wiseman informed her that he felt she was the right person to take over leadership of the women 's social services . |
| 7 | When she was kind to me I thought she was the best person in the world , but she did not always have time for me . |
| 8 | I had seen Come Blow Your Horn and kept my eye on what he was up to , and I knew he was the right person for that part . |
| 9 | Then the Reverend called , with his news about the weather turning stormy , and I thought he was the last person we needed to hear from . |
| 10 | ‘ She came into the van and said she was the new person on the block or whatever — and bang — there she was , ’ Jason recalls . |
| 11 | In a letter of ‘ unanimous support ’ published in the Times today , the ten board members said he was the best person to lead the corporation . |