Example sentences of "[pers pn] be the only [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am the only child of elderly parents and I suppose when I was young they were over-protective and old-fashioned . |
| 2 | I am the only child . ’ |
| 3 | In addition to what Nicholas er recounted about my brother , I believe that I am the only minister in the government , possibly the only member of parliament who has ever worked for the Save The Children Fund . |
| 4 | He once began a memorable contribution to a debate on the 1981 riots in Brixton with the words , ‘ My Lords , I think I am the only member who has spoken today who has had agricultural estates in Jamaica . ’ |
| 5 | I am the only Member of this House who knows Dr. James McDaid — |
| 6 | As he can see , I am the only Member of Parliament from the northern region who is here apart from , I think , one Labour Member of Parliament who is a Whip . |
| 7 | The Ferranti source said : ‘ Lord Weinstock ( GEC 's managing director ) would like to be in the position where he was able to say to the Ministry of Defence , ‘ Look , I am the only person who can rescue Ferranti from collapse . ’ |
| 8 | Around forty of these drawings have been known for years from books and exhibitions , but as things are , I am the only person in the world at the moment to have complete knowledge of what that collection was in its entirety . |
| 9 | They 'll always be in the record books that I am the only man at any weight who 's ever won three Lonsdale belts outright . |
| 10 | ‘ I understand people associating me with bands I 've worked on as an engineer , but I do n't understand why I am the only engineer in the world who 's expected to be discriminating about the bands he 's worked with … ’ |
| 11 | I am the only woman you 've felt like this about , the only woman you 've kissed and caressed this way . |
| 12 | I am the only enemy here worth your steel . ’ |
| 13 | As Esterly puts it , ‘ I 'm the only person crazy enough to make a living out of original limewood foliage work . |
| 14 | I 'm telling you as a fact that I 'm the only person in this industry who 's done it . |
| 15 | In one shot I 'm the only person not smiling , I was thinking ‘ sod this for a bloody laugh ! ' |
| 16 | now do I do n't suppose I 'm the only person that 's been in a pub toilet , a ladies toilet and I 've heard the females in the toilet saying what , exactly what they would like to do the males ! |
| 17 | Then there 's , I , I , I 'm the only person . |
| 18 | I 'm the only person outside his family who knows him well enough . ’ |
| 19 | I , I 'm the only person who used the squidgy soap . |
| 20 | If you call him Moke I 'm the only person that calls i that calls him that , so he 'll know who you 're related to . |
| 21 | There are times when I go down to the beach at The Pit and I 'm the only surfer down there and I 'm so frustrated with it all that I sit on a rock and shout my head off . |
| 22 | I 'm the only girl in the family that 's been in prison . |
| 23 | ‘ I may be a bastard , Zack , but I 'm the only bastard in this whole damn mess you can trust and you 're going to have to trust me . |
| 24 | And believe me , Cameron , I 'm the only friend you 've got in here . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm the only non-resident of the rue de Sèvres he admits … ’ |
| 26 | So , I reckon I 'm the only chance the guy 's got of comin' outa this mess alive . |
| 27 | I do n't flatter myself that I 'm the only man on your horizon . ’ |
| 28 | cos I 'm the only bloke and there are all these girls |
| 29 | Whenever I answer the phone at work , every time I pick it up everybody knows it 's me , you know , cos I 'm the only Londoner in the office . |
| 30 | I 'm the only European to make all the major finals since 1986 . |