Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pers pn] be [noun] who " in BNC.

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1 Both Gimbert and Lascubé argued that it was Griffiths who was responsible for the collapsed scrums , but obviously Gimbert 's inexperience played a part in his inability to work out a solution .
2 But Carol Wilson believed that it was Branson who was ‘ stalling ’ over giving her any control in the company .
3 For a while afterwards , it seemed that it was Sean who had been cursed .
4 In his defence , the defendant claimed that it was T who had approached him and that he had not initiated the agreement .
5 Do you think Elvis understood that you were people who needed to make a living on a day-to-day , month-to-month , year-to-year basis ?
6 For reasons which baffle me , the referee thought that it was Gimbert who was pulling down the scrum .
7 She thought that it was Matey who had encouraged Dr Neil to become a doctor and take up an East End practice .
8 Then he remembered that it was Volkov who was being unfaithful .
9 The same month , a United Nations commission , set up as part of the peace agreement , said that it was d'Aubuisson who had arranged the murder of Archbishop Oscar Romero in 1980 .
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