Example sentences of "[coord] it [is] [noun prp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's Zack who gets the crowd bouncing up and down in time to his dazzling raps . |
| 2 | And it 's Tommy who 's scored , the young Irishman has done so well at the heart of the defence for Shrewsbury , has got into the opposition penalty area and what about this for a score line ? |
| 3 | If er someone 's taken it for a ride and dumped it near you then can you call Nottingham and it 's Dawn who wants her car back anything I can do you for three four three four three four is the number to ring . |
| 4 | There are twins at the bottom of the family and it 's Tristram who 's in trouble . |
| 5 | Mr Pincher , though , is only the ghost writer and it 's Dido who 's grabbing the headlines . |
| 6 | The international landscape with which we began 1989 — the old , familiar structures of the two alliances , the Anglo-American special relationship , the European Community 's halting progress toward greater unity , and the newer but also beginning to be familiar element of reform in the Soviet Union — is being transformed , and it is Germany which is leading that transformation . |
| 7 | And it is Britain she thanks for the startling transformation and thinks will keep her at the top . |
| 8 | The narrator ( of the Morgans ) is called Arthur and it is Arthur who survives the death of Philip and goes on to become a writer of some undefined kind on the model of David Copperfield and Great Expectations . |
| 9 | But at root the attack is on God ( 11 ) , and it is God who puts the rebellion down . |
| 10 | And it is HarperCollins which is publishing the Collins Cobuild Concordance Samplers . |
| 11 | But it is Jonny who is the driving force , the black leather jacket may have gone , the cowboy boots were nowhere to be seen yesterday , but the earring is still in place and so is the intensity which stunned Cambridge two years ago . |
| 12 | But it is Day-Lewis who dominates everything as he races around , long locks flowing and trusty musket in tow . |
| 13 | But it is Weede who really makes this worth hearing , keeping his balance with ease between sympathy and schmaltz . |
| 14 | Indeed the covenant is important but it is Christ who holds the key to the understanding of baptism and I thought that you would like to hear how your work has helped us to see our way in this respect . |
| 15 | If musical politics now involves a constantly shifting ‘ war of position ’ , Adorno helps us to understand the enemy , but it is Benjamin who is more able to offer the tools to carry on the struggle . |
| 16 | The Doctor realises that there is no way the two teachers could have achieved all this , but it is Barbara who arrives at the real solution . |
| 17 | It is indeed a case of ‘ what you will ’ in decoding this and all other linguistic signs , but it is Iago who has made Othello construe it in that manner , and will continue to do so . |
| 18 | Yes , but it is God we obey , not nature ! |
| 19 | But it is God who gives the victory , through Moses ' intercession . |
| 20 | All systems based on the ideal of equality break down in action : that is a point that might be expected of Waugh , but it is Orwell who makes it the more forcefully : ‘ Some animals are more equal than others ’ , as the pigs decree in Animal Farm , symbolising the easy self-justifications of Leninists in taking and keeping power . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , you 're better-looking , Connie , but it 's Archie I 'd like to have a word with , ’ said Joe . |
| 23 | But it 's Johannsen who 's dead . |
| 24 | But it 's Brian I would like to see . |
| 25 | ‘ But it 's Alice I 'm thinking of , sir , ’ Harry argued . |