Example sentences of "and [pers pn] was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Haseley was big , really big , and I was the smallest there , a raw recruit to the international scene . |
| 2 | ‘ We were running races , ’ she said , ‘ and I was the fastest . |
| 3 | So the accent was no problem and I was the right age . |
| 4 | I told him about the sunsets , when the Jungfrau had turned pink and I was the only person on the Aletsch . |
| 5 | We had to hire a dress , and I was the only one who was pale ; they had all got tans on a sunbed . |
| 6 | The line went on into a big Jamaican area , and I was the only white left in a full carriage . |
| 7 | 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 … . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | make him feel better , and I was the only one of all his children |
| 10 | ‘ She was in hospital for six weeks , and I was the only one who knew it was n't an accident . |
| 11 | " If you were the only girl in the world and I was the only boy , nothing else would matter in the whole wide world , " my mother would sing inappropriately . |
| 12 | But erm I think I had lots of people praying for me back here because I did n't have any problem with them and I was the only one who did n't . |
| 13 | Well do you know , out of all the girls who work New Year 's Eve right , I told them on the night , oh I said we 'll get about forty pound for tonight wo n't I , because it 's double time and I was the only one who complained about it when I had my pay . |
| 14 | that was the laugh with David he said erm , he said about that and that cos when he had this , they had this big farewell thing did n't they at the bowling alley and I never went and I was the only one and erm they come round , they come round and I thought yeah I really |
| 15 | Yeah , I was arguing black and blue , and I was the only one , sort of saying , oh no I do n't think that 's right . |
| 16 | We were a very respectable family and I was the second child . |
| 17 | Furious , she swung around and I was the nearest to her . |
| 18 | You went out and about for twelve weeks with your tutor constable , if you like , they call it puppy walking he was the highly trained policeman and I was the new policeman , I was with him for twelve weeks . |
| 19 | Our then new young branch secretary came in to sort out our grievance before he left the yard , our grievance was sorted , and I was the new collection steward . |
| 20 | I remember them well ; they were blue leather and had four spikes and I was the proudest youngster alive in possessing them . |
| 21 | Her father John said : ‘ Carol looked beautiful at the wedding and I was the proudest dad in the world . |
| 22 | ‘ He told me they had auditioned a lot of people back home and that they had five names in America that they were auditioning , and I was the first that day . |
| 23 | ‘ Before , designer fragrances did n't exist , only in high-fashion houses , and I was the first to do it . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ An American , Harry Hebner , was the first man to use it in major competition when he won a gold medal in the 1912 Olympics , and I was the first British title holder . |
| 25 | ‘ We first chatted on a roller skating rink , where he was chosen as the best boy skater , and I was the best girl . |
| 26 | You were like ice , and I was the same . |
| 27 | ‘ And I was the last man off of 17,000 because I was still in the bus when they all went to the start . ’ |
| 28 | Soon he would need to vent the anger she felt already gathering , and she was the nearest person . |
| 29 | No doubt she did some things that were … well , regrettable , I do n't know , but she worked very hard while she was with my family and she was the best nanny we ever had . |
| 30 | She was on her own : Dr Neil had been called out some time ago to attend a woman in childbirth , and Matey had gone to visit an old friend in St John 's Wood , and she was the sole mistress of the doctor 's house in Vetch Street . |