Example sentences of "[pron] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the accent was no problem and I was the right age . |
| 2 | I was the one around just before they all went to bed . ’ |
| 3 | Charles wanted his protégé in and as I was the resident ( and unpopular ) Baroque sculpture specialist , I happened to be in the way . |
| 4 | I was the inevitable , anonymous receptionist you meet when you walk into almost any large building . |
| 5 | I was the full-time receptionist there as well . ’ |
| 6 | I watched a world that should have been behind glass and yet I was the one who was behind glass and reality was theirs . |
| 7 | We were very à deux , and I was the hoover and windolene queen . |
| 8 | Perhaps he thought I was the impersonator , dressed as a man , hoping to win his confidence and thus learn the kind of mannerisms and opinions he might reveal only in private . |
| 9 | Later that day I was the guest of Locheil 's gamekeeper , Donald Cameron , who informed me that Fiona had died three days after her admission to hospital in Inverness , ten days ago . |
| 10 | I was the only Englishman present , but if any English members of 406 Sqn should read this I hope they will contact me . |
| 11 | He said I was the healthiest ghost he 'd ever seen ! |
| 12 | I was the bad gunslinger who was new in town , and the snot-faced boy who wore army boots but no socks was the good cowboy . |
| 13 | One Monday I was the only person out of four in the bar who was not unconscious . |
| 14 | During my last term at school I was the slave of a corporal in the Welsh Fusiliers . |
| 15 | But I was the only one who had n't taken the blues . |
| 16 | I was the Saturday lad , he was a mate of Malcolm 's , what did I know ? |
| 17 | I was the one who had to take it to my tutor , not them . |
| 18 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 19 | I read oil engineering which was primarily on the production side and out of a course of thirteen , I was the only one who was interested in the chemical side of it — the refining side . |
| 20 | I was the lowest paid person on the refinery . |
| 21 | ‘ We were all good in the eighth class in Moyne but I was the best in maths . ’ |
| 22 | I told him about the sunsets , when the Jungfrau had turned pink and I was the only person on the Aletsch . |
| 23 | When I had lived in Uganda I was the first daughter , after five boys , my parents and brothers , they really loved me , they hardly refused me anything . |
| 24 | And if anyone came up and told me off for sleeping on the pavement I 'd say I was the King of England and I can sleep anywhere I like . |
| 25 | As I was the only child , the animals were my playmates . |
| 26 | I pretended I was the photographer and she pretended she was the writer . |
| 27 | I was the advance man . |
| 28 | I was the person who was supposed to go to every city before David got there to make sure that everything was in order , that the hall that was going to be performed in had all the facilities that were required — and the hotels — I had to check all of that . |
| 29 | I was the first woman ever into one of the famous gay bars . |
| 30 | ‘ He 'd tell me I was the nicest woman he 'd ever been with . |