Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] it be [noun] [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In times of trouble it is children who suffer most — whether through war or the daily grind of poverty . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes ? ’ she answered , her voice guarded in case it was Jason who was calling . |
| 3 | In mine it is Philonous who finally says , ‘ All right ’ ( though note that it is followed by ‘ but ’ ) . |
| 4 | Things happened as they must have happened , only in fact it was Rufus who had picked her up and brought her back to Wyvis Hall . |
| 5 | A further pandering to the star would seem to have come in the change of title to Alfredo Alfredo , repeating the name of Dustin 's character , but in fact it was Germi who was not happy with the original title , which sounded as if the film were a sequel to his big international hit of 1961 , Divorce Italian Style . |
| 6 | When the negotiations began at Dalat it was Giap who assumed the principal role on the Vietnamese side and while , as communists , they might have accepted a smaller but communist state that could conceivably have been free of the French , it was as nationalists that the Vietminh argued their case for indissoluble national unity . |
| 7 | Later in the girls ’ see-sawing search for stardom it was Dannii who gained the upper hand when she landed the plum job singing and dancing in Australia 's mega popular Young Talent Time . |