Example sentences of "and it [was/were] the [noun] who " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , the government became increasingly divided in 1947 on a range of issues , and it was the Communists who were usually at odds with their coalition partners . |
| 2 | It was Diana who was held responsible for the steady stream of royal staff who had left their service during the last eighteen months and it was the Princess who was accused of forcing Charles to abandon his friends , change his eating habits and his wardrobe . |
| 3 | For a long time it looked as if Newcastle were going to leave with the three points they so desperately needed and it was the visitors who drew first blood . |
| 4 | In the event , Milena died practically in Margerete 's arms in 1944 , and it was the Americans who liberated Ravensbruck . |
| 5 | It was the women who had to face their children 's disappointment at their unmet wants and it was the women who constantly had to say no : |
| 6 | And then there was a study into and area of Belfast where most of the men were unemployed and it was the women who were going out to work in the factory and it was found to be the other way round , and the women spoke more of a non-standard than the men did when the men were staying at home . |
| 7 | Freeman has given the example of a West Riding firm which despatched its woollen goods entirely by road , and it was the customers who paid carriage . |
| 8 | Its significance in 1422 lay in the way it questioned whether birth was a sufficient warrant for high military office , or whether the responsibilities of leadership in war time should only be accorded ( and it was the king who accorded them ) to those whose experience and reputation in military affairs merited them . |
| 9 | Yes I pick up on the comment from the , Notts are n't as in control as they were , after first Tony and then Paul got their names on the score sheet in each case for the first time this season , both with bristling finishing efforts and you 'd be a harsh critic indeed who did n't agree that Pisa deserved to pull one back because they played some fine attacking football , and it was the player who 's caused most danger , who 's wearing the number eleven that moved across to the right hand side , got clear of the defence , pulled back an absolutely brilliant clot cross and in the middle who 'd missed an earlier header on fifteen minutes to make it one one , did n't miss on this occasion . |
| 10 | One had to have ton , and it was the patronesses who decided who had it and who did not . |
| 11 | There were at the time parallel proceedings against the mortgagees to preserve the plaintiff 's priority rights against the property by virtue of the caution entered at the Land Registry , and it was the mortgagees who requested an adjournment from 6 June 1991 to a later date . |
| 12 | They 'd always had the power to exhange fines for prison , and it was the police who simply did n't understand the law . |
| 13 | On Wednesday night he did but it was n't Bangor wearing their usual strip … they are also Apoel Nicosia 's colours and it was the Cypriots who squeezed through 3-2 on aggregate . |
| 14 | And it was the earls who could produce the great and so necessary manpower . |