Example sentences of "this [noun sg] it be [pers pn] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The greatest composer in the world , if he lacks an interpreter to suit him , is like a man prevented from speaking by a gag ; and this evening it was you who acted as the interpreter to untie the gag , the messenger to carry the good news . |
| 2 | This time it was he who paid with his life . |
| 3 | This time it was he who was carrying the guidebook . |
| 4 | This time it was he who frowned , but said nothing . |
| 5 | This time it was I who disintegrated . |
| 6 | We both broke down and this time it was I who held desperately on to you . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's the sort of silly idea I get all the time , ’ observed Lydia , ‘ only this time it was you who got it . ’ |