Example sentences of "think [pers pn] [was/were] the only " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first I thought I was the only patient with cancer , for no one else ever spoke of it . |
| 2 | How comforting to read Gill Rowley 's Pet-Hate List ( YWTU , October GH ) about the check-out trolley pushers — I always thought I was the only person in the world who wanted to reverse , screaming hysterically , ‘ Get back ! ’ |
| 3 | I thought I was the only one mad enough to go walking in this weather . ’ |
| 4 | 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 — ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I thought they were the only party that could rule Namibia . |
| 6 | I wanted to run it because I thought it was the only way we stood a chance . |
| 7 | Did he think he was the only one who could lie and cheat ? |
| 8 | ‘ I should think he was the only creature for whom Lavinia truly cared . ’ |
| 9 | I think you were the only one that recognised that . |
| 10 | I think we were the only house in the village which had no damage whatsoever . ’ |
| 11 | because , well I get paid off when the receivers come in , I was about three month out before I got sent back for and er the starting wage was , I think we actually got a wee rise , I think we were the only section that |