Example sentences of "but it be [pos pn] [noun] [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was their hostess who was the most elegant . |
| 2 | The success of these personalised clocks mean business is ticking along nicely for Graham and Julia Sale , but it was their daughter who got them going . |
| 3 | Paige felt her heart thudding wildly in her chest , but it was her aunt who spoke first . |
| 4 | It did open , at seven minutes past , but it was her father who entered the kitchen . |
| 5 | There was an urgency about the way he moved which caught Alice 's attention , but it was her husband who spoke first . |
| 6 | He broke all records , but it was my mother who filled in the forms . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | By the sixth week , Charlie could strip and clean a rifle almost as quickly as Tommy , but it was his friend who turned out to be a crack shot and seemed to be able to hit anything that moved at two hundred yards . |
| 9 | But it was his partner who drew and held Lindsey 's gaze . |