Example sentences of "was [pos pn] mother [Wh pn] " in BNC.

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1 It was my mother who brought me to my senses .
2 So it was my mother who pointed the police in the right direction .
3 He broke all records , but it was my mother who filled in the forms .
4 It was my mother who taught me to cook and who taught me too about being a mother .
5 It was my mother who stuck up for me and in the end he came around and now him and my baby are inseparable .
6 Leith was having difficulty in equating this caring-sounding Naylor with the aggressive brute she had tangled with last night when Travis revealed , ‘ But it was my mother who rang him on Friday and , it seems , confessed — something I 'd been too preoccupied to have noticed — that she 'd been worried about me for some while .
7 It was just a place where she had been left , and as she grew out of infancy she knew that it was her mother who had left her there .
8 It was her mother who had done wrong .
9 She knew then it was her mother who must have been hurt .
10 It was her mother who had told her about Timothy 's frequent visits to the village of Yelton , and Tipper who had confirmed her mistress 's story , adding that Amsterdam was a gormless idiot and Topaz Chilcott a dirty slut .
11 So , too , was his mother who , in addition , was in poor health .
12 I believe it was your mother who said , Would n't it be the best thing ? ’
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