Example sentences of "had been [noun] [noun prp] who " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , it had been Dr Kemp who had written a reference for her when she 'd changed jobs . |
| 2 | McGee had summoned the Dean , but it had been Lord Cumbermound who had led the party down the back stairs . |
| 3 | But it had been Mrs McBride who had started as she meant to go on . |
| 4 | It had been Bruce Davidson who had interviewed Yeo before , when Angela Morgan had still been officially only a Missing Person and Peter Yeo , as her employer , one of the obvious people to talk to about where she might be . |
| 5 | If it had been Jamie Baird who was waiting for her in the drawing-room , would she have been so angry ? |
| 6 | Try to imagine , if you will , the ferocity of the reaction in the West if it had been Saddam Hussein who had poured napalm down on Kurdish villages three weeks ago ! |
| 7 | It had been Great-Aunt Alicia who had considered it a marvellous and exciting opportunity and persuaded her to accept it . |
| 8 | My sleep/wake clock had bust a spring and I was worried about the fact that it had been Billy Tuckett who had dropped through the skylight . |