Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] it [be] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically Leicester are heading for the top using Brian Clough 's style of passing football and it 's Forest who are reverting to more of the long ball game . |
| 2 | Charlie made no reply and it was Jack who said , ‘ Why , have you ? ’ |
| 3 | If Niki had sought to impress Prost with a victory at the very start of the season , the ploy did n't work : an improperly soldered battery cable put him out of action and it was Prost who impressed . |
| 4 | But it was only when Susato began to publish at Antwerp in 1543 that their songs appeared in quantity and it was Susato who really launched Crecquillon with a book of 36 chansons à 4 parties in 1543 , though he had published Crecquillon 's greatest hit , ‘ Ung gay bergier ’ , in a miscellaneous collection the year before . |
| 5 | Let's face it , she 's a very attractive girl and it 's time she was married . ’ |
| 6 | Wright continued to dazzle Ipswich in the second half but it was Campbell who completed a brilliant hat-trick . |
| 7 | They were tactful in avoiding any reference to the case and it was Wycliffe who , mellowed by good food and a couple of glasses of Burgundy , brought it up . |
| 8 | Mr Pincher , though , is only the ghost writer and it 's Dido who 's grabbing the headlines . |
| 9 | ‘ People look for new ways to supplement their income and it is employers who feel the pinch . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In his view , Baker and the LSG loyally pursued the president 's agenda and it was Reagan himself who decided whether to compromise , and when : ‘ It was Reagan , and Reagan alone , who decided that four fifths of a loaf , especially a loaf that was perhaps too large to begin with , was better than no loaf . ’ |
| 12 | Nobody spoke for a while and it was Sarah who eventually broke the silence . |
| 13 | But the visitors were unable to take advantage of the strong tailwind and it was Alton who scored a vital goal to lead 1–0 at half-time . |
| 14 | In 1983 gas , coal and nuclear power accounted for 16% , 9% and 1% respectively of energy demand and it is gas which is establishing itself as the most significant oil alternative . |
| 15 | The game was being played at furious pace and it was Richardson who was put to the test when he dived to turn round a long drive from Darlington in the thirty eighth minute . |
| 16 | Therefore , in history it is not nature and technology which makes human society but it is man himself , who in terms of his already existing ideas and values , makes his own history , as he encounters nature and the problems it poses . |
| 17 | He looked at them in silence and it was Acorn who spoke next . |
| 18 | It is people who give you encouragement and support to turn ideas and dreams into reality and it is people who become friends . |
| 19 | Her Christmas show proved she has not lost her touch and it 's time she was fully acknowledged as the comic genius she is . |
| 20 | Well I , I remember once going into er a British restaurant because it was my birthday and there was trifle on the menu and trifle was some sort of weird jelly thing that was thi instead of sponge it was stale bread and I think it was sort of stewed apple and mock cream but the fact that it it was my birthday and it was trifle you know I just sort of sat there like a queen but I think I 'm sure that it tasted quite revolting . |
| 21 | Well it was a kind of fur coat but it was rabbit I think , it was . |
| 22 | the opposite way and it 's K it 's sort of the rate at which the exc |
| 23 | The record stopped in mid tune and it was Charity who slammed her window shut . |
| 24 | For Swindon it was shooting practice young Marcus Phillips on as sub for the first time nearly got a goal but it was Torquay who tookover towards the end … |
| 25 | There are twins at the bottom of the family and it 's Tristram who 's in trouble . |
| 26 | ‘ I booked lunch at the château and it is time we were off . ’ |