Example sentences of "[pron] it was they [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she knew who it was they were discussing . |
| 2 | Precisely which one it was they were also unable to ascertain , except that it was one of the eight basic spells that were intricately interwoven with the very fabric of time and space itself . |
| 3 | Well now everybody had to be in a union in our factory , it was er it it it was they were closed shops all of them . |
| 4 | She hesitated , torn between the unaccountable shyness she always felt in Louise 's presence and the overwhelming desire to be in on whatever it was they were giggling about , even if she was only a barely tolerated spectator . |
| 5 | Whatever it was they were after , it was an unknown quantity , unknown , that is , except for a lethal ferocity . |
| 6 | JB : Just working alongside these people , and seeing them being involved in whatever it was they were doing was stimulating in a strange sort of way , and kept us on our toes . |
| 7 | Whatever it was they were really building up there . |
| 8 | The stench from it filled our cell , making us feel nauseous and apprehensive that we , too , might catch whatever it was they were suffering from . |
| 9 | But then that would mean that you 'd have to have assessed people in whatever it was they were going on the training course before |
| 10 | to come up with er , a solution for whatever it was they were they were going into . |
| 11 | He discovered , for example , that laboratory technicians at Fawley were carrying out chemical tests without really understanding what it was they were doing . |
| 12 | ‘ I say them two or three times and it became more obvious each time I say them that they had a real understanding of what it was they were trying to do musically . |
| 13 | She must see what was going on ; must find out who the men were and what it was they were carrying … |
| 14 | Since he had caught sight of the Summoner , he had not liked to watch the resettlers pouring through into Utah , knowing what it was they were really following . |