Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] that it be [pron] " in BNC.

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1 But setting her misgivings about Tommaso himself aside , Caterina decided that she had been quite wrong to think that it was she who had caught his attention .
2 After my fourth or fifth lesson I was able to see that it was I who was causing myself the discomfort .
3 The 34027 Locomotive Group still retain the prestigious opportunity of being able to say that it was their locomotive which took the first train hauled by a steam locomotive into Waterloo after some 25 years .
4 The usual instruction was to ‘ provide what is customary ’ , though this attitude led to extreme financial hardship for the poorer classes , though it would not be unreasonable to say that it was they who helped to perpetuate the meaningless and elaborate ritual well into the early decades of the twentieth century .
5 Eric 's name was not given but it was not difficult to guess that it was him .
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