Example sentences of "[coord] it be [pos pn] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's my opinion we both ought to be glad for that . ’ |
| 2 | Old George Mulverin has died , and it 's his son you 'll find there . |
| 3 | And it is our behaviour which is the visible expression of our new life in Christ . |
| 4 | That heart is Welsh , and it is his Welshness which gave him an inner security that enabled him to come this far . |
| 5 | Yet I was still living amongst those who flourished in the world , and it was their food I used to eat . |
| 6 | She says they were bad owners and it was their fault his dad died . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Though you might also think about saying sorry to Hamish and Antonia , too , as you were their guest and it was their party you brought grinding to an embarrassing halt . |
| 8 | She listens to him more than anyone , and it was his will which prevailed when she composed last year 's Christmas speech , in which she made it clear that she would never abdicate . |
| 9 | We talked a lot during those months on the same bench together , and it was his influence which set me on the trade union path . |
| 10 | And I 'd look on the field and it was his brother who 'd been tackled . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And it was your grandmother who convinced you you were n't an ugly duckling , that you would grow up to be a swan ? ’ |
| 12 | Germany has taken on board much of the Social Charter but it is its economy we are all trying to match . ’ |
| 13 | He would have done better to have given everything to the boy outright , but it is my belief he did not want Benedict to lose touch with his godmother . ’ |
| 14 | But it 's her house I mean they ai n't got no chi children or feel like saying to her whatever do you keep him there for . |
| 15 | His great serve and forehand are technical merits , but it 's his drive which singles him out . ’ |
| 16 | But it was their hostess who was the most elegant . |
| 17 | The success of these personalised clocks mean business is ticking along nicely for Graham and Julia Sale , but it was their daughter who got them going . |
| 18 | All of them were richly dressed , but it was their hair which attracted Rostov 's attention at once . |
| 19 | Paige felt her heart thudding wildly in her chest , but it was her aunt who spoke first . |
| 20 | It did open , at seven minutes past , but it was her father who entered the kitchen . |
| 21 | There was an urgency about the way he moved which caught Alice 's attention , but it was her husband who spoke first . |
| 22 | He broke all records , but it was my mother who filled in the forms . |
| 23 | Leith was having difficulty in equating this caring-sounding Naylor with the aggressive brute she had tangled with last night when Travis revealed , ‘ But it was my mother who rang him on Friday and , it seems , confessed — something I 'd been too preoccupied to have noticed — that she 'd been worried about me for some while . |
| 24 | By the sixth week , Charlie could strip and clean a rifle almost as quickly as Tommy , but it was his friend who turned out to be a crack shot and seemed to be able to hit anything that moved at two hundred yards . |
| 25 | But it was his partner who drew and held Lindsey 's gaze . |