Example sentences of "say [pers pn] [was/were] the only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sid Field asked whether dead ones were accepted and John Stanley sent in a Bob Dylan song , saying he was the only ‘ modern whose lyrics I coul get my hands on without going back to the Bard , and I thought that was n't what you wanted ’ . |
| 2 | I thought I was the only one to satisfy you ; you told me that once ; you said I was the only one who had ever made you — ’ |
| 3 | Dougald said his was the only party firmly committed to improving schools throughout Britain . |
| 4 | Well , they always said it was the only way to go and he believed it . |
| 5 | Three Indian mats and a beautiful deep purple , rose-orange and sepia white-fringed Turkish carpet ( he said it was the only one ‘ they ’ had , so no credit to his taste ) . |
| 6 | He said it was the only thing that would get him through it . ’ |
| 7 | and he said it was the only year that he has n't . |
| 8 | You said it was the only reasonable thing to do , yet now , when at last I agree , you say it 's too late . ’ |
| 9 | I said well I apologize for sending all that sir , I said , but I said it was the only way to get somebody 's attention of what was going on ! |