Example sentences of "[verb] it be [art] [noun] who " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , industry observers say it was the swingers who gave birth to the home porn video in the early-Eighties .
2 It says it 's the devil who finds work for idle hands .
3 ‘ And , ’ I went on , ‘ I 'd assume it was the person who killed Angela Brickell who wanted to fix the blame for ever on Harry by making him disappear , only … ’
4 ‘ Most people assumed it was the Iranians who blew the whistle on North , McFarlane and Poindexter , ’ Coleman says .
5 The people of Scotland would remember it was the SNP who voted with Mrs Thatcher to bring a Labour government down .
6 We are told it 's The Smiths who remain qualified to compete in the independent charts despite whatever gigantic deals may take place in the background .
7 mistake is obvious like one estate I 'm dealing with which is a half home-made will I E it was n't made by a solicitor , I suspect it was made by a barrister I suspect it was a barrister who was born abroad
8 I 'd guess it was a man who did that . ’
9 If there is a cancer personality , then I would suggest it is a person who lacked love in infancy , whose sense of inadequacy was high , who harboured their resentments without seeing a way of changing their situation — even in their mind — and who felt badly done by .
10 ’ She turned to Lily , then back to the company : ‘ And you know it is a Rumanian who has a médaille d'or because he climb it ?
11 But ‘ cynics believe it is the manufacturers who are behind it all , ’ said another participant .
12 The Danish international has been linked with a move to Arsenal , but I understand it is the Saints who have made the most serious move to his Italian club , Pisa .
13 Or likewise an introvert does n't necessarily mean it 's a person who does n't talk to anybody who keeps themselves to themselves and is a miserable , it 's not like that at all .
14 Newsagents claim it is the buyer who should face legal action for allowing tobacco to get into under-age hands .
15 ‘ I thought it was a woman who ran the House of Adorno . ’
16 ‘ When he came back he announced it was the King who had died in his sleep and it had been on the wireless . ’
17 All I do know is that we 're very conscious a great deal of money 's been spent by the Council and by the Trust to try and make the place outside more inviting those tubs been put there er they been planted etc there 's a lot of litter there we 've put litter bins there there 's taxi rank there there 's lot 's of things been put there I think the problem is it is n't the people who do that I mean it 's the people who actually do the litter and it 's quite clear that we do go out we do tidy up but it happens and it 's a case of balance of what we can do and what you ca n't do but we do work at it I can assure you .
18 Well what el what 's the other alternative for this VAT ? cos I mean it was the Tories who brought this VAT system into operation , I mean it 's wrong
19 It is important to remember that whatever you are producing it is the client who pays .
20 Mother says someone put the letters in Father 's desk , and she thinks it is the man who got Father 's job .
21 We think it 's the Americans who 've just arrived .
22 We think it 's the Americans who 've just arrived .
23 You really think it 's the police who 've been hounding us ?
24 He had it was an American who won the competition
25 Mr Morton goes on to say it was the Queen who persuaded her not to try to end her marriage and to accompany her husband on their official visit to South Korea .
26 ‘ Some even said it was the Russians who leaked the story after the failure of the Reykjavik summit .
27 I notice it 's the bachelors who do n't have a good word to say for marriage . ’
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