Example sentences of "[pron] be [noun] that [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Pilkington dispute could not have been anticipated ( although there were issues that precipitated it — pay levels were perceived to be low and the initial walkout occurred over a wages error ) . |
| 2 | It needs to be done now and it 's going to cost us more if we leave it till later , on that point I ca n't agree with your budget , so , I 'm afraid , it 's roads that put me against it . |
| 3 | It 's gravity that kept you in orbit you and the Shuttle . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's over-consumption that got us into this mess in the first place , ’ says Julia Langer . |
| 5 | It was thoughtlessness that brought their empire low . ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps it was shock that made her senses drag in this lethargic way . |
| 7 | Well she I think it was Karen that did something for Children in Need last year and she sang on the air . |
| 8 | As I remember , it was Pete that started it , |
| 9 | Perhaps it was despair that made me believe there was one person in the world who might know that I was in despair . |
| 10 | It was love that kept me going ; it was ambition to be a poet that fuelled Dana 's labour and yoked it with mine . |
| 11 | Of course , it was Genesis that got you into playing bass . |
| 12 | Ingrid believes it was fate that enabled her to work in Orkney , near her family , with her friends , and on an island she loves . |
| 13 | It was worry that caused his heart to fail . ’ |
| 14 | He 's become better known as a zoologist , but has n't forgotten it was Swindon that offered him his first exhibition . |
| 15 | They are very pretty , but somewhat ludicrously sentimental ; that is , when one reflects that it was Rousseau that wrote them . |
| 16 | When she saw Daniel , shedding red and white fuzz , she said palely that she was afraid now she would lose little Stephen , it was hope that killed you , was n't it , best not to hope , but what else could you do , sitting there ? |
| 17 | I suppose it was discretion that led him to omit he was visiting General & Cumbria Assurance . ’ |
| 18 | It was preparation that did it |
| 19 | It was drink that got me into this mess . |
| 20 | It was guilt that made him do it . |
| 21 | Bilbo , Frodo 's uncle once had the opportunity to kill Gollum but he did not and Frodo questions this , however Gandalf answers , ‘ It was Pity that stayed his hand , Pity and Mercy : not to strike without need ’ . |
| 22 | Because I think it was Tommy that said it was really after the one finished and there was nothing else round about that there was a gap of a few years and then you got started again here . |
| 23 | I think it was Lynne that told me . |
| 24 | So I suppose it was frustration that led me to break the cardinal rule of any diplomat behind the Iron Curtain in the good old days . |
| 25 | It was Stok that made it dangerous by sending that cavalry patrol to pick them up . ’ |
| 26 | It was fear that locked his tongue , but mercifully he mistook it for pride , so its bitterness did not poison him . |
| 27 | But I knew it was ultrasonics that made me afraid . |
| 28 | It was teamwork that did it , with plenty of fun along the way . |
| 29 | I 'd like to think that it was remorse that made you come sobbing into Adam 's arms that way , but I 'm not so naïve as to believe it . |