Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [pron] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically Leicester are heading for the top using Brian Clough 's style of passing football and it 's Forest who are reverting to more of the long ball game . |
| 2 | Charlie made no reply and it was Jack who said , ‘ Why , have you ? ’ |
| 3 | Morland said today : ’ The city fully expects us to survive the bid and we are confidant we will still be drinking Old Speckled Hen Beer on Friday . ’ |
| 4 | If Niki had sought to impress Prost with a victory at the very start of the season , the ploy did n't work : an improperly soldered battery cable put him out of action and it was Prost who impressed . |
| 5 | " There are teachers who do whole group work and there are others who do small group work , and their approach is very different . " |
| 6 | But it was only when Susato began to publish at Antwerp in 1543 that their songs appeared in quantity and it was Susato who really launched Crecquillon with a book of 36 chansons à 4 parties in 1543 , though he had published Crecquillon 's greatest hit , ‘ Ung gay bergier ’ , in a miscellaneous collection the year before . |
| 7 | Let's face it , she 's a very attractive girl and it 's time she was married . ’ |
| 8 | They were tactful in avoiding any reference to the case and it was Wycliffe who , mellowed by good food and a couple of glasses of Burgundy , brought it up . |
| 9 | Mr Pincher , though , is only the ghost writer and it 's Dido who 's grabbing the headlines . |
| 10 | ‘ People look for new ways to supplement their income and it is employers who feel the pinch . ’ |
| 11 | Felipe took no notice whatever of his sister and it was Maggie who had to comfort her and assure her that no harm had been done . |
| 12 | We had got to a size where we needed an injection of institutional money and there were people who wanted to retire . |
| 13 | But , wrote Michael Ramsey in retrospect — it is his own but — ‘ he had wit and generosity and there were pupils who had deep affection for him . |
| 14 | Today , one hundred women discuss some of these decisions and try to identify who 's body and who 's baby we 're talking about in different situations . |
| 15 | Typography is a skilled art and there are specialists who deal with nothing else . |
| 16 | In his view , Baker and the LSG loyally pursued the president 's agenda and it was Reagan himself who decided whether to compromise , and when : ‘ It was Reagan , and Reagan alone , who decided that four fifths of a loaf , especially a loaf that was perhaps too large to begin with , was better than no loaf . ’ |
| 17 | erm in general we must remember that Iran was erm stating very clearly that it was exporting it 's revolution and there were statements which came out from the Iraqui from the Irani revolutionary committee that they were against the Arab states at the time and that they were very committed towards liberating Israel through Baghdad and such statements was coming , so obviously erm the Arabs had to stick together according to charter of the league of Arab states , which everybody was a member of , and Iraq being subjected to war it was natural for the Arabs to give Iraq support . |
| 18 | Nobody spoke for a while and it was Sarah who eventually broke the silence . |
| 19 | But the visitors were unable to take advantage of the strong tailwind and it was Alton who scored a vital goal to lead 1–0 at half-time . |
| 20 | There are also a number of inter-departmental committees based in the Cabinet and there is Cabinet itself to co-ordinate government policy . |
| 21 | In 1983 gas , coal and nuclear power accounted for 16% , 9% and 1% respectively of energy demand and it is gas which is establishing itself as the most significant oil alternative . |
| 22 | The game was being played at furious pace and it was Richardson who was put to the test when he dived to turn round a long drive from Darlington in the thirty eighth minute . |
| 23 | Some wished to receive Communion in the parish church and there were others who wished to receive Communion from Methodist preachers . |
| 24 | He looked at them in silence and it was Acorn who spoke next . |
| 25 | It is people who give you encouragement and support to turn ideas and dreams into reality and it is people who become friends . |
| 26 | Her Christmas show proved she has not lost her touch and it 's time she was fully acknowledged as the comic genius she is . |
| 27 | ‘ By the way , I checked on their story for the night Sir Ralph died ; both Sir Fulke and Rastani were absent from the Tower and there are people who can guarantee their whereabouts . ’ |
| 28 | Well I , I remember once going into er a British restaurant because it was my birthday and there was trifle on the menu and trifle was some sort of weird jelly thing that was thi instead of sponge it was stale bread and I think it was sort of stewed apple and mock cream but the fact that it it was my birthday and it was trifle you know I just sort of sat there like a queen but I think I 'm sure that it tasted quite revolting . |
| 29 | the opposite way and it 's K it 's sort of the rate at which the exc |
| 30 | The record stopped in mid tune and it was Charity who slammed her window shut . |