Example sentences of "i were the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Gwenellen and I were the only members of our set on days .
2 And I were the only boy ,
3 In fact , Alan and I were the only ones to find the old master and pupil just what the doctor ordered .
4 So I reached Lochinver in style , had time to look around , and mounted the bus outside the post office : the morning 's collection of mail and I were the only passengers .
5 In the spring of 1520 Benjamin Daunbey and I were the proud occupants of a large manor house on the outskirts of Ipswich .
6 ‘ If I were the spluttering type , which I 'm not , this would be a sure fire-starter . ’
7 She rushed away before anyone could stop her , rushed too quickly to hear Carlo say , I do n't know , I think if I were the beautiful Katherine 's mother , I might suffer the occasional twinge of jealousy . ’
8 Perhaps by my middle-aged presence , the suggestion that Flora and I were the same age ?
9 Matt and I were the same age within a month but Alfred was two or three years older and Maurice quite a bit younger .
10 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 .
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