Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun prp] [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was Lavinia who had supported him every step of the way , kept him upright at the graveside , yet within a month she , too , was alone , her husband shot down over the Western Front . |
| 3 | The same month , a United Nations commission , set up as part of the peace agreement , said that it was d'Aubuisson who had arranged the murder of Archbishop Oscar Romero in 1980 . |
| 4 | Both brothers were dressed in neatly tailored white tuxedos and black ties in preparation for the formal reception being given in their father 's honour at the palace of the governor of Cochin-China , and it was Chuck who had insisted that they travel separately by pousse-pousse rather than in the official Citron sent for their parents . |
| 5 | It was Germany which had pressed hardest for more powers to be granted to the European Parliament at the expense of the national parliaments as the price for monetary union on German terms . |
| 6 | It was Jim who had investigated the crash site and carried out the negotiations with the very helpful and understanding farming family on whose land the aircraft had crashed . |
| 7 | It was William who had given Preston the first believable explanation of how you made babies . |
| 8 | It was William who had convinced Preston at an impressionable age that little girls , as they grew up , also grew ‘ two tits and a willy ’ , a fantasy which Preston had accepted as gospel for at least two years and which he sometimes thought still influenced his relations with the opposite sex . |
| 9 | Only they were not the words she had expected : it was William who had died . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | She thought that it was Matey who had encouraged Dr Neil to become a doctor and take up an East End practice . |
| 12 | Who this might be he could not tell , but if it was Balliol he had donned more clothing , which seemed unlikely , in the rush . |
| 13 | She still could n't quite believe it was Eleanor who had sent her that poisonous letter , Eleanor who had destroyed her clothes and personal belongings . |
| 14 | It was Jeff who 'd insisted that they stop off for a drink . |
| 15 | They liked and respected Carrie 's father , who had been their foreman at Galloway 's , and it was Sharkey who had told Carrie about Fred wanting a serving-girl for the cafe . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | It was Shiva who had proposed the site . |
| 18 | Felipe took no notice whatever of his sister and it was Maggie who had to comfort her and assure her that no harm had been done . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ ’ |
| 20 | Dorothy had glared phlegmatically around and said that would teach the silly little wretch to wander off on his own ; it was Helen who had rushed to and fro and eventually found Edward , white with shock , cowering beside one of the tills . |
| 21 | It was Reith who had imbued the BBC with the mystique of a divine right to broadcast laying down so many of the standards which raised the values of the Corporation to a par with any Civil Service division . |
| 22 | It was Elspeth who had put him up to it . |
| 23 | Then there was a big cheer from the 18th and we thought it was Nicklaus who 'd holed for a birdie . |
| 24 | As Home Secretary , it was Ede who had written on Evans ' papers when considering whether there were any circumstances to justify a reprieve : ‘ The Law must take its course ’ . |
| 25 | Blanche did not want to mention that it was Capron who had forbidden Urquhart to meet her again . |
| 26 | In any case it was Shirley who had typed the card and she was in a higher or lower world that cared nothing for such trivia . |
| 27 | Contrary to what he had suggested , Marc was a good , fast skier , and it was Sarella who had had difficulty in keeping up . |
| 28 | And if some malicious god had n't decreed it was Slane she had to go to , or Slane where he lived , things might have been very different . |
| 29 | Edith had also stopped all the pupils in the school from beating her up again after the first incident and during the riot it was Edith who had saved her life . |
| 30 | She glanced across to Raynor again , and saw him bow his head in brief acknowledgement , and she smiled inwardly , for it was Raynor who had given her the clue , the idea , the knowledge of how to approach his people . |