Example sentences of "[conj] it be [noun prp] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it was Aladdin we were watching , Wishy Washy ( Michael Barrymore ) took over the show with his never-ending wisecracks . |
| 2 | You 're forgetting that it 's Hilary you would have to turn to if you want me taken out . |
| 3 | ‘ But what you do n't understand is that it 's Leo I 'm doing it for . ’ |
| 4 | We are in danger of forgetting that it is God we are talking about : the God who created us , the God who sustains us and has sovereign rights over us . |
| 5 | He picked up the sharp knife once more with a frown and growled at the meat as he diced it , imagining that it was Bessie he was carving up . |
| 6 | The editor knew nothing of the story of Boyd 's promotion , about to be featured in the financial section , and she said firmly that it was Henry she wanted . |
| 7 | Each time we went to bed , you 'd realize that it was Andrew I wanted to lay with . |
| 8 | It always makes me think because last time we saw an accident like that it was Penny you know what I mean ? |
| 9 | Then she discovered that it was Travis she had to thank that the news of her engagement to his cousin was all over Vasey 's , as , still smiling , he stated , ‘ Hope you do n't mind , Naylor , but I came in earlier to have a quick word with Leith , and could n't resist telling her assistant that a possible reason for Leith being late this morning could be her getting engaged to you at the weekend . ’ |
| 10 | And it is Britain she thanks for the startling transformation and thinks will keep her at the top . |
| 11 | Her mouth opened and shut ; then looking at Maggie she said , ‘ You silly daft lump , I thought you were joking and it was Simon you had brought back . ’ |
| 12 | So he went down and it was Kelly he spoke to and er she said he |
| 13 | Yes and it was Ramsey you called him . |
| 14 | The fears of the city builders were , it seems , justified after all , and it was God they had to fear . |
| 15 | ‘ Liam Devlin , if it is Devlin they choose , is hardly going to parachute into the courtyard at St Mary 's Priory tomorrow night , Jack , and if he did , so what ? |
| 16 | Australian cricketers commuting to and from England have breezed through the island since the beginning of such journeys in 1878 , but usually with the attitude that if it is Tuesday it must be Trincomalee . |
| 17 | If it 's Kerry he 'll be round ! |
| 18 | It ca n't be Rachel , it wo n't be Jancey , and if it 's Victor I 'm not at home . |
| 19 | no , if it 's Joan I 'm , I 'm not in |
| 20 | I 'll get it , if it 's Joan you 're not coming for |
| 21 | poor Derek , I mean I do n't know whether Derek 's away , did n't bother to come up on , if if he did n't bother to come Friday well he 's still laying on the bench , but if it 's Jack you see , the other day she well give did you ask him , I said no I do n't mention it till Friday to him and then when I get the next one I 'll say well is it this week 's or last week 's ? |
| 22 | If it was Atherton he 'd never get up into the wood and back before his Dad carne home . |
| 23 | Who this might be he could not tell , but if it was Balliol he had donned more clothing , which seemed unlikely , in the rush . |
| 24 | I knew if it had been the other way round , if it was Robert I had to ask , he would have said , ‘ On yer bike . ’ ’ |
| 25 | Oliver said that could have been easily accomplished by telling Shildon where they really were and if it were Shildon she had heard going through a desk in the typists ' room he must already have found out . |
| 26 | If it were Oliver he would have called out to her , come to meet her as soon as he heard the key in the lock . |
| 27 | Yes , but it is God we obey , not nature ! |
| 28 | We used to , we , that 's all the as the village life was , it was it was all very now I know it 's very interesting , my daughter wants me to write a book about it , she says , I said I 'll oh I do n't know mm , write a memoirs mum she said er , you know and I said you know a lot about New Invention , which I do but it 's Willenhall you 're interested in , but it all sort or entails the lot and erm there might be things I 've can I wish I 'd have told you if I can think about them after it 's finished , but it 's erm . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , you 're better-looking , Connie , but it 's Archie I 'd like to have a word with , ’ said Joe . |
| 30 | But it 's Brian I would like to see . |