Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [pos pn] [noun] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was her beauty which attracted me at first , ’ said Mr Jefferson , who was a produce buyer for NAFFI for more than 37 years . |
| 2 | But like Agnes 's , it was her eyes which fascinated me — large , dark , and almond-shaped . |
| 3 | It was their panic which had resulted in the raid being bungled . |
| 4 | All of them were richly dressed , but it was their hair which attracted Rostov 's attention at once . |
| 5 | Boyd Orr 's malnourished population was drawn almost entirely from this section of the working class and it was their lives which changed little during the inter-war years as Carl Chinn , and other writers have noted . |
| 6 | However , some of the Holkham tenants , almost in reaction to their landlord 's introduction of the alien West Country breed , decided to combine their native Norfolk and Suffolk types as being more suitable to the region and it was their efforts which , by 1810 , produced by the first selectively bred combinations of the horned Norfolk meat types and the polled dairy Suffolk in the Norfolk and Suffolk Poll . |
| 7 | The 34027 Locomotive Group still retain the prestigious opportunity of being able to say that it was their locomotive which took the first train hauled by a steam locomotive into Waterloo after some 25 years . |
| 8 | On March 7th , against Wales at Twickenham , we all witnessed at least two acts of complete thuggery when not only were English players stamped on but it was their heads which came in for rough treatment . |
| 9 | The most important interview was with the 2ème Bureau , the Military branch of French Intelligence ; it was their opinion which was ultimately decisive . |
| 10 | Beyond question , Moses Buchanan and his son bargained for their votes on the actual day of election , and indeed as Sir James acknowledges , it was their votes which carried his election . |
| 11 | A BBC television commentator for 25 years , it was his voice which accompanied some of the greatest moments in televised athletics , and which could add flavour and drama to any athletic competition . |
| 12 | The Sun reminded its readers that ‘ it was his flag which helped cover topless streaker Erika Rowe [ sic ] after she ran on to the turf at Twickenham during a rugby international in 1982 ’ . |
| 13 | How appropriate that it was his try which sealed Ireland 's glorious victory over England at Lansdowne Road last Saturday . |
| 14 | It was his support which perhaps influenced both Wilson rackets and View From clothing to sponsor her . |
| 15 | We talked a lot during those months on the same bench together , and it was his influence which set me on the trade union path . |
| 16 | She listens to him more than anyone , and it was his will which prevailed when she composed last year 's Christmas speech , in which she made it clear that she would never abdicate . |
| 17 | It was his behaviour which led to problems in the marriage . |
| 18 | He bent his head again , and this time it was his gentleness which took her by surprise . |
| 19 | Soper was displeasing to the Free Presbyterians for a number of reasons — his commitment to ecumenism , his left-wing politics — but more than anything it was his rationalism which provoked the ire of conservatives . |
| 20 | With Dawson it was his bulk which undoubtedly contributed to his premature death along with his broad , rubber face that became his trademark and made him an ideal pantomime dame in true bawdy music hall tradition . |
| 21 | His grey cloak was of pure wool pushed back over his shoulders , yet it was his face which attracted me . |
| 22 | My interest was aroused when he reasoned that it was his blackness which constituted the major drawback in his life at one level , but at another , proved an indispensable asset to his eventual success . |
| 23 | Seaman admits it was his mistakes which gave Spurs two crucial goals when they beat Arsenal 3–1 two years ago in the only other semi-final ever to be held at Wembley . |
| 24 | There will be no complaints from 26-year-old Flowers , even though it was his self-confidence which seemed to infect an England team short of inspiration in the past two weeks . |
| 25 | It was his hands which still held the cloth to her head . |