Example sentences of "[pers pn] was they [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was they I mean she was go |
| 2 | ‘ When Glyndebourne commissioned my Paraphrase for their 1992 Mozart season , it was they who determined which opera I should use as a background for my piece . |
| 3 | ‘ Because it was they who had you sent here , of course ! |
| 4 | In their turn the Norwegians accepted him as one of themselves ; it was they who named him the ‘ father of Norwegian mountaineering ’ . |
| 5 | He frequently accompanied Rodrigo Moynihan and his wife , Elinor Bellingham Smith , to Soho and , according to Elinor , it was they who introduced him to Wheeler 's in Old Compton Street , the expensive fish restaurant , famous for its oysters and its excellent cooking of fresh seafood , served simply with boiled potatoes and salad and without any form of dessert . |
| 6 | It was they who inspired me to struggle incessantly for a better world . |
| 7 | Both she and Bernard were continually taken aback by the way their staff threw themselves into the Ashley enterprise — although they expected nothing less and , in different ways it was they who inspired their employees to rise above whatever talents they thought they could offer . |
| 8 | It was they who showed him where everything was — the Ixmaritian refectory , the exercise courts , the recreation room , the chapel . |
| 9 | Yeah , they , it was them who got us to M O T it |