Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | All right so it 's er it 's one down in the Mirror crossword it 's C something O something something |
| 32 | When the TUC expelled the electricians ' union it was Jordan who determinedly merged his engineering union with theirs , to the fury of the hard left . |
| 33 | Other approaches , including those of Douglas and Bourdieu , are concerned with consumers themselves as groups with interests , both cognitive and material , which are projected in patterns of objects , and in this case it is industry which is seen as handmaiden to the pattern of consumer group demands . |
| 34 | ‘ Yes ? ’ she answered , her voice guarded in case it was Jason who was calling . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | In part it was geography which made this possible . |
| 37 | But for the majority it was purity which provided the language both to challenge men 's immorality and to stake out their own claim to speak about sex . |
| 38 | Of course it was England which gave cricket toAustralia . |
| 39 | That is economic lunacy , not saving money it 's lunacy it should be in operation making money bringing people in . |
| 40 | Yeah there 's the price it 's size it 's this product you know the reason we 're phone you because you 've been identified as by the estate agent or medical practice or school as being very suitable and they would very much like you to support this . |
| 41 | Just as Wernicke 's aphasia is in some sense the opposite of Broca 's aphasia , so transcortical aphasia is in some sense the opposite of conduction aphasia , because in transcortical aphasia it is repetition which is the best -preserved of the patient 's linguistic abilities , with the patient being extremely poor at understanding speech . |
| 42 | Paul Reynolds held off the challenge of John McPherson to put Drumaness ahead seven minutes from half time and even though a Dunmurry effort was cleared off the line it was Drumaness who squandered the scoring chances in the first half . |
| 43 | On the other hand it 's Magalluf which has made Majorca famous for British holidaymakers . |
| 44 | On the other hand he was kindness itself to Andrew 's mother-in-law . |
| 45 | In the end it was Laura who broke the silence . |
| 46 | In the end it was Rachel who was forced to give in and she swam to the side of the pool , climbed up the steps , and sat on the side watching as David completed several more laps . |
| 47 | In the end it was Mary who had to calm Martin down , reassure him and promise to come back the next day . |
| 48 | In the end it was Edwards who arrived at Metropole corner first on the last lap , and held his advantage to finish ahead of the maestro . |
| 49 | No one seemed to know what to do next , or what was expected of them , and in the end it was David himself who took control . |
| 50 | In the end it was David who spoke first , drawing her even closer to him and pulling the duvet round them both . |
| 51 | But there were still things that needed to be said , explanations to be given , and in the end it was David who broke the silence . |
| 52 | When they finally sat down to the meal it was Moran himself who brought McQuaid back into the day . |
| 53 | It is early days yet to see how the ideas of Total Quality Management will affect the way in which schools operate but I have no doubt they are concepts which are of great usefulness to education . |
| 54 | Yet in a curious way it was John who did more to restore Sam than any of them . |
| 55 | Shiva had no doubt it was Adam he saw . |
| 56 | Manager Dick Graham immediately went back to his former club , West Bromwich Albion , and purchased Welsh International , Tony Millington to take over but , by the end of the year it was Jackson who was earning praise in the Palace goal after standing in for the injured Welshman and making his home debut against Cardiff on 28 November 1964 , and by the end of the season ‘ Jacko ’ , as he became popularly called , was in undisputed possession |
| 57 | Whereas your letters indicate that loyal subjects who have previously supported the Monarchy now feel that mistakes need to be acknowledged and if Her Majesty is not to be seen as hopelessly out of touch and out of date it is time she stood up and publicly said sorry . |
| 58 | To my surprise it was Ward who backed off . |
| 59 | To D'Arcy 's surprise it was Nadirpur who answered the entry phone , and again the man himself who came down to let them in . |
| 60 | When the negotiations began at Dalat it was Giap who assumed the principal role on the Vietnamese side and while , as communists , they might have accepted a smaller but communist state that could conceivably have been free of the French , it was as nationalists that the Vietminh argued their case for indissoluble national unity . |