Example sentences of "i [modal v] be the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said after her last injuries in December 1991 : ‘ I guess I must be the unluckiest policewoman . |
| 2 | After 3 attacks brave Lesley said : I must be the unluckiest policewoman . |
| 3 | ‘ Three injuries in three years — I must be the unluckiest policewoman , ’ she said . |
| 4 | As Martin stood scratching his head , one of the goblins sneaked up behind him and whispered , " Say , " He told me I should be the richest man in the world . " " |
| 5 | No I 'll be the best team we 've had . |
| 6 | Sally , forced to settle for the silver medal in last year 's world championships , revealed : ‘ I was determined to prove after Tokyo that I could be the best . |
| 7 | But I 'm not sure that I 'd be the best person to judge whether I turned to writing by way of compensation or not , though I can see that a serious death like that would lead to a world that was whole being broken . |
| 8 | I 'm not being greedy but if someone paid me £50,000 for a fight , I 'd be the happiest man in the world . |
| 9 | In about two hundred years I 'd be the richest man in Luggnagg . |
| 10 | ’ I think people find me obnoxious because I wo n't admit that I secretly loathe Kyle Minogue and Jason Donovan , but I really do think they 're great artists — if I did n't I 'd be the biggest hypocrite in the world . |
| 11 | ‘ If I believed you , ’ said Ludovico da Bologna , ‘ I would be the happiest man in Nicosia . |