Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am probably the only person around who is enthusiastic about At Play in the Fields of the Lord . |
| 2 | I am always and everywhere his place ; if I am the barren land he thinks to water into an oasis I am also the blight on his crops and the locust destroying grain ; I am both the ruined harvest and the shameful blood that sickens cattle . |
| 3 | I am not the only person left in the world . |
| 4 | I am not the only person who has had a tumultuous year , and I am immensley proud of the way the British face their problems and so often succeed despite them . |
| 5 | And I am not the only woman who wants a fulfilling working life and domesticity as well . |
| 6 | I AM sure I am not the only woman who wept in sympathy , shame and anger at the outrage done to the people of Warrington . |
| 7 | And if on your coming to England I am not the first person you look for , I shall be very hurt indeed ! |
| 8 | My feeling ( although I am not the best judge ) was that the Workshop was a complete success in that it involved the participants in exploring the intellectual bases of their subject , and led them from there to the practical rethinking of their teaching methods and curricula . |
| 9 | ‘ I am not the slightest bit embarrassed by my holiday arrangements , ’ Mellor had told a reporter from the People . |
| 10 | Lo and behold , after further meetings , I am now the proud owner of a ‘ grant ’ . |
| 11 | I 'm afraid that my moment away from the phone also meant that I missed my opportunity to query whether I am really the right person for the job . |
| 12 | I hope that the right hon. Gentleman will not accuse me of ranting and raving as I am always the sweet face of reason . |
| 13 | I find it disappointing now that when I go to a completion meeting , I am often the only woman there . |
| 14 | We get involved in joint ventures with other parties and again I am usually the only woman there . |
| 15 | I 'm just the hired help and if I 'm still hired , I 'll find out how they 're doing it . ’ |
| 16 | And what I hate even more is the thought that I 'm just the next number on your list . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm just the same size I 've always been , Mum . |
| 18 | And tha that is one thing I 'm , I mean I 'm not I 'm not the best driver in the world , but that is one thing I do try not to do cos as you say no matter what the circumstances are , if I go up the back of somebody it is my fault . |
| 19 | I guess I 'm not the marrying kind . " |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not the marrying kind , ’ he eventually said . |
| 21 | Oh no I 'm not the marrying kind . |
| 22 | You said er , I told , I told him I was fed up with the General Secretary of this union that had n't given us any backing and you said sorry Phil , but I 'm not the General Secretary . |
| 23 | I 'm not the Delphic sybil — |
| 24 | After all , said Tony Davidson , ‘ I 'm not the traditional finance director ’ . |
| 25 | But I 'm not the least bit maternal . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not the swooning type , ’ Isabel bit out . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not the swooning type , ’ snapped fitzAlan , quoting her own words back at her . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's a big game for me , but I will not be overawed as I 'm not the nervous type . |
| 29 | I 'm not the first visitor to this little planet of yours , you know . ’ |
| 30 | You 'd be right , but obviously I 'm not the only supporter left feeling frustrated . |