Example sentences of "was [pers pn] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was me who warned you of the Fascist element infiltrating at Danino 's . |
| 2 | Yeah , they , it was them who got us to M O T it |
| 3 | I shall die with that feeling of guilt , that it was I who robbed him of life . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It was I who carried you to your bed . |
| 5 | I was conscious , too , of his fine , tanned hand holding the pencil , and of the occasional play of warm breath from his mouth , wholesome as home-baked bread , though he was a heavy smoker — much heavier than I. ft was I who introduced him to the Bisontes brand , a Spanish version of Lucky Strike , with a similar ‘ toasted ’ flavour . |
| 6 | " It was you who pulled me to the ground ? " |
| 7 | ‘ Please , ’ said Ruth , ‘ it was you who rescued us from Caer Wydyr , was n't it ? |
| 8 | And besides , do n't forget , it was she who dumped you in the end . |
| 9 | He frequently accompanied Rodrigo Moynihan and his wife , Elinor Bellingham Smith , to Soho and , according to Elinor , it was they who introduced him to Wheeler 's in Old Compton Street , the expensive fish restaurant , famous for its oysters and its excellent cooking of fresh seafood , served simply with boiled potatoes and salad and without any form of dessert . |
| 10 | It was he who told me about the injuries the King received . |
| 11 | Rumour had it that it was he who brought it to the attention of Chamberlain , who became President of the Board of Trade at the same time as Plimsoll left the House , that numbers of lives lost at sea , after falling as a result of the Load Line Act , were now again on the increase . |
| 12 | He was attracted , though , by ceremony and magical or miraculous powers associated with religion , and when he had the relics of the Three Wise Men brought from Milan to Germany , it was he who carried them into Cologne Cathedral . |
| 13 | In November 1974 , it was he who talked me into going along for the audition for ‘ New faces ’ at the Blue Angel nightclub in Leeds . |
| 14 | It was he who introduced me to Dietrich Bonhoeffer . |
| 15 | It was he who introduced me to the doyen of all Tibetan experts , Sir Charles Bell who , because of the war , was living quietly at The Old Charming Inn near Victoria while writing his last book . |
| 16 | The only sorrow for Marjory , of Lunedale Road , Darlington , is that her grandfather is no longer here to share in the good news for it was he who introduced her to all things historical . |
| 17 | ‘ And was it she sent you on your mission to pay me my due ? |
| 18 | Who was it who drove you inside yourself at that big hospital in England ? |
| 19 | ‘ Who was it who said something about the lady arguing too much ? ’ |