Example sentences of "[coord] it was they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Romans were always good at finding a sheltered and beautiful site and it was they who first settled here . |
| 2 | In the 1060s and 1070s Sicily fell to the Normans , and it was they who eventually captured Palermo in 1072 . |
| 3 | He despised homosexuals , and although there were plenty of other sexually depraved aristocrats around at the time , he was unfortunate enough to have married into a family ( the Montreuils ) who had strong court connections , and it was they who made sure that he was jailed , partly to get him off their backs ( so to Speak ) and partly as an example to others . |
| 4 | The funeral trade furnished funerals in accordance with the rank of the deceased , and it was they who decided on the suitable coffin type , quality of lining and shroud . |
| 5 | Fortunately some of the neighbours intervened , and it was they who invented the sobriquet . |
| 6 | For it was as if the confusion was gone and it was they — the Men , the wind , the voices of the others , that were slowing , and he who had all the time he needed . |
| 7 | They are the couple who have been looking after the twins , and it was they who first contacted my mother earlier this morning . |
| 8 | Mr Lear 's lasting contribution to the pastime was the formation of an informal country walking club of retired gentlemen , the Midweek Walkers , and it was they he last bid farewell to . |
| 9 | We got a whole teacher got a whole lot of letters for some piece all about collecting cans for getting trees and it was them letters . |