Example sentences of "you [was/were] the only [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A. M. The worst part of the job was chasing fellers off the corners , a crowd of drunks , especially when you were the only policeman . |
| 2 | ‘ I came to find you because you were the only person who told me that Liam would n't be in that house . |
| 3 | He knew how to look at you as if you were the only person who 'd ever interested him . |
| 4 | 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 … . ’ |
| 5 | If you were the only girl in the world , |
| 6 | " 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 . |
| 7 | He sang If You Were the Only Girl in the World and he sang Help Me Make It Through the Night . |
| 8 | During the dictatorship of Habre , you were the only support for the persecuted Chadians . |
| 9 | During the dictatorship of Hissein Habre , you were the only support for the persecuted Chadians . ’ |
| 10 | 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 … . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well , you were the only witness , Jimmy . ’ |