Example sentences of "[noun] it be [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reynolds it was who strung together the rackets that made those blistering returns . |
| 2 | Agassi it was who strung together a great series of returns to the big serving Ivanisovic . |
| 3 | Grimwood it was who had his graphic way with the cherub , turning the classical , familiar , somewhat uninspiring image into the stylised , abstract muse-based beastie you see before you . |
| 4 | Ramsay it was who suggested temporising . |
| 5 | Adam it was who made up the fires of a morning , when his mistress , who slept only fitfully at night , was already awake , Adam who crept noiselessly about the place , unnoticed , who must have seen them together last night outside the ballroom . |
| 6 | " Right , " you say , " this is to show me what sort of a man it is who lives here . " |
| 7 | Lewis it was who broke the long silence between them , and took out his note-book : ‘ You knew where he was going ? ’ |
| 8 | Mr Simpson it was who , hearing of the accident in the Market Square , had telephoned Markby to confirm what had happened and to inform him that he , Mr Simpson , would be getting in touch with Miss Needham-Burrell . |
| 9 | Finn it was who was Peeping Tom and had put his tongue in her mouth . |
| 10 | Master Macaulay it was who took up the baton , adopting a convincingly highfalutin' tone and laying into several powerful members of the journalistic and cultural establishments , secure in the knowledge that their rage would be turned upon yours truly , rather than the actual perpetrator . |
| 11 | Because you see the Treasury it is who actually tries to see that other people do n't have to pay for someone else 's responsibilities if they 're not justified . |
| 12 | He seated himself at his desk and , as usual , resorted to holding open a book — this time it was Who 's Who — turning a page to and fro . |
| 13 | professional John Pollard scored his second successive unbeaten century , this time it was who suffered . |
| 14 | And I forget which of my old colleagues it was who was canvassing , blue rosette ablaze , in a particularly Labour-dominated council estate in Sheffield , when he came upon an elderly voter planting primroses by the door . |
| 15 | Tony it was who persuaded the village people to take advantage of the benefits offered them — meals cooked on washing-day , for instance , and the simple lessons in pianoforte and painting that Susan and Breeze had suggested giving . |
| 16 | Tony it was who organized the bi-weekly dances in the ‘ Sunset Hall ’ as he christened the disused museum , and who scoured the neighbourhood to get regular orders for the cakes Susan made so well . |