Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [was/were] the only " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found I was the only woman in the upstairs room of the Albert in Kings Cross , listening to a man in a leather jacket giving an introductory talk which seemed to assume that we were all men . |
| 2 | When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field . |
| 3 | We were using it for drunk driving offenders and repeat traffic offenders , not so much because I felt they were the only people who were appropriate for it , but because we wanted to make sure we started with a group who were not likely to get into major trouble should the project not work out . |
| 4 | He 's always sending her flowers — and last time I looked she was the only one on his list who got an ‘ A ’ . |
| 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 | At first I thought I was the only patient with cancer , for no one else ever spoke of it . |
| 8 | I thought I was the only one mad enough to go walking in this weather . ’ |
| 9 | 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 — ’ |
| 10 | 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 ! |