Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 So they you are Hereford that makes you something special .
2 It 's Gemma that fancies you .
3 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 .
4 It 's gravity that kept you in orbit you and the Shuttle .
5 It 's gravity that pulls you down and presses you to the floor .
6 It 's depression that makes us think .
7 A lot of times it 's economics that determines what people do in all their endeavours , and in the case of Hawaii tourism was the thing and so of course they had to play music for tourists .
8 Well no it 's Hayley that takes it
9 A loaded rifle keeps them in line , but it 's debt that keeps them working .
10 It 's over-consumption that got us into this mess in the first place , ’ says Julia Langer .
11 As long as the neck is attached firmly to the body , it does n't matter if it 's bubblegum that holds it on there !
12 As long as the neck is attached firmly to the body , it does n't matter if it 's bubblegum that holds it on there !
13 ‘ The temptation is always there , but it 's privacy that makes it irresistible .
14 Oh it 's Pam that makes them the bother , not anybody else .
15 It is Ego that thinks we should constantly fret about our family and the future , in case God decides we are taking life for granted , and hurls down a bolt of lightning .
16 For it is prayer that enlivens our attitude towards the Bible , and that keeps open the channel of communication between ourselves and God .
17 We know that it is smell that guides them , for salmon with their nostrils blocked get lost .
18 No it is communication that tells us that it is so awful now .
19 For history reveals , time and again , that while vertical thinking can bring our full intellectual powers to bear upon a problem and thus to consolidate a position , it is chance that causes us to stumble upon it ( both the problem and its possible solution ) in the first place .
20 A gesture can not be regarded as the expression of an individual , as his or her creation ( because no individual is capable of creating a fully original gesture , belonging to nobody else ) , nor can it even be regarded as that person 's instrument ; on the contrary , it is gestures that use us as their instruments , as their bearers and incarnations .
21 It is fear that stops us from living a life of fulfilment .
22 If logic and reason can interpret the information sent in by the senses and produce a conclusion that would change as the information changes , it is emotion that clouds our vision and leads to a state in which we do not see things as they are .
23 It was thoughtlessness that brought their empire low . ’
24 Perhaps it was shock that made her senses drag in this lethargic way .
25 Well she I think it was Karen that did something for Children in Need last year and she sang on the air .
26 As I remember , it was Pete that started it ,
27 Perhaps it was despair that made me believe there was one person in the world who might know that I was in despair .
28 It was love that kept me going ; it was ambition to be a poet that fuelled Dana 's labour and yoked it with mine .
29 Of course , it was Genesis that got you into playing bass .
30 A series of injuries slowed his progress but ultimately , it was attitude that cost him the chance of blossoming into a great player .
  Next page