Example sentences of "it [verb] be [noun prp] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this is the first recorded instance of a private undertaker being used by the royal household it is possible that they had been previously involved in some small way in royal funerals , for it is doubtful that the College of Arms provided coffins and it would seem probable that they contracted this out to the trade , to people such as William Russell — indeed , could it have been Russell who provided the coffin for Queen Mary in late December 1694 ? |
| 2 | Er it was I the only thing that that brought it to mind was Ann herself stumbled over it as she said it you know playwright |
| 3 | The British critic Bryher regarded the film as ‘ the first authentic comment on the War ’ , praised particularly the depiction of enlistment , and poured scorn on those other British critics who had disliked the film 's suggestion that it had been America who had won the war . |
| 4 | According to Lotta it had been Rune who had stormed out , taking the painting with him , which meant what ? |
| 5 | But even in their search , strictly speaking , it had been Peter who had succeeded and not he . |
| 6 | However , it had been d'Arquebus who returned along that terrifying , tormenting tunnel … had it not ? |
| 7 | It had been DeVore who had befriended him . |
| 8 | It had been Marcus who turned up at the Evans house on Saturday afternoon when Pascoe was there . |
| 9 | On that third morning , though , it had been Haynes who led out the home team , since Richards was in the press box breathing fire at Daily Express journalist James Lawton who had asked him for an explanation of the V-sign he had given to his own crowd . |
| 10 | Of course during the previous factional struggles it had been Trotsky who had been accused of advocating policies which would have led to a split between the working class and peasantry , but now it was Stalin who was in Bukharin 's sights . |
| 11 | But it had been Sandra he 'd called darling . |
| 12 | Yet it had been Eleanor who had started this war of words ; Eleanor who had tried to interfere in something that should have been none of her business . |
| 13 | It had been Kurt who had set up the dozens of licensing deals for menswear and toiletries , bedlinen and beachwear , soft furnishings and costume jewellery , all bearing the name of Hugo Varna , which had not only saved him from bankruptcy but also made him his first million . |
| 14 | But instead , it had been Sara who made the move . |
| 15 | ‘ When we heard about poor Alain Gebrec being dead , I had a sudden vision of Dora looking furiously angry … you know how she sometimes glares at Dieter … and I thought for a moment … supposing it had been Dieter who 'd been killed … it might have been Dora who had … oh , I know it 's dreadful of me to think these things , but she hates him so much . ’ |
| 16 | In the end , it had been Roberts who had spoken . |