Example sentences of "[pron] that it be [pers pn] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It seems to me that it is we who are being treated like criminals but I do n't suppose I have any choice . ’ |
| 2 | Just for a second , for one brief surprising second , the old man admitted to himself that it was he who had created this pitiful excuse for a man , and his conscience , that bothersome thing which he had buried long ago , rose to haunt him . |
| 3 | How very arrogant you are , Feargal , and might I remind you that it was you who sought me out , not the other way round ? ’ |
| 4 | She looked around at the other people in the water , and when she saw Matthew , brown and sinewy , poised on the board for a swift controlled racing dive , she admitted to herself that it was him she was searching for . |
| 5 | I did not remind him that it was I who had replaced the newspaper with mended panes and the sacking with curtains . |
| 6 | Rumour had it that it was he who brought it to the attention of Chamberlain , who became President of the Board of Trade at the same time as Plimsoll left the House , that numbers of lives lost at sea , after falling as a result of the Load Line Act , were now again on the increase . |
| 7 | ’ Chert — did you tell anyone that it was me who got you involved with Ardakke ? ’ |