Example sentences of "[adv] it be [pers pn] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or maybe utterly sane , perhaps it was he who could not come to grips with the topsy-turvy world they all now lived in , Edward thought . |
| 2 | Obviously it was she who must speak first . |
| 3 | Clearly it was I who should have spoken these words , but already I had a feeling that I knew what the brown paper and the ribbed cardboard concealed , and I was n't going to say a word until time or circumstance compelled me . |
| 4 | The price you paid was fair enough , but the net result is that if the business fails now it 's you who 'll stand the loss . ’ |
| 5 | Now it was I who could n't move ; more than that I was n't even able to form an idea of what it would be like to move . |
| 6 | ‘ Maybe it 's you who should be on the French Riviera . ’ |
| 7 | Thinking that maybe this man was the right man , that maybe it was him I should ask him for directions , him who would take me home or wherever it was I was trying to get to . |