Example sentences of "[coord] it be she " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But Una is of age and it 's she who will decide who she wants to marry . |
| 2 | The gardener of the family is the Queen Mother , whose gardens at her Scottish hideaways , the Castle of Mey and Birkhall , are stunning , and it is she who over the years has made them so . |
| 3 | Once a café dancer , she , too , showed a talent for marrying rich men — Sir Bernard was the third — and it was she who decided that the Docker Daimler should be gold-plated and that the seats should be upholstered in zebra skin . |
| 4 | Miss Blagden duly took the wretched gun and it was she who was kind enough to write on delivering it : — I found your husband very well , Wilson , and as expected by you much agitated over the rumours that another concerted effort is to be made to free and unite his country which subject I may say engages the minds and hearts of his employers hardly less . |
| 5 | Unfortunately the letter to Sarah Catt arrived first and it was she who was the first to break the news — by phone — to Charman , a circumstance that only added to the unpleasant situation . |
| 6 | And it was she who had said ‘ This is the way ’ and their arrival at this spot at the moment the friar was being attacked had flowed from that . |
| 7 | Nan had been twelve then , and it was she who had tipped the balance . |
| 8 | Aunt Lilian was aware — more than Aunt Kit was aware , anyway — of what might be thought a young girl 's natural pre-occupations , and it was she who took me to buy clothes and lipsticks , asking the sales girls ' advice with a gentle humility that touches me now , because she was not humble by nature and thought an interest in personal adornment the mark of a trivial mind . |
| 9 | And it was she who brought me the first evening paper . |
| 10 | She only remembered that right from the beginning he took her with him , and it was she who was sent to the doors to ask politely if they had anything to sell . |
| 11 | Her name was Amadé , and it was she wove the baskets . |
| 12 | There was a seriously dangerous note in his voice now , Cassie thought , so caught up in the play that she hardly realized that she was part of the script and it was she whom Johnny was talking about . |
| 13 | And it was she who cried , ‘ Oh , Grandma . |
| 14 | The American had presumably gone willingly enough , and it was she who had first suggested to Michele to try ‘ being nice to the girl ’ , so she must be very sure of him . |
| 15 | And it was she who told me that she 'd been , that 's where they 'd been . |
| 16 | But it is she who has created an atmosphere in which it is possible for her most senior minister to be publicly rubbished while she escapes without blemish or stain . |
| 17 | Your wife says you have a lot to learn about being a parent , but it is she who has a lot to learn . |
| 18 | But it was she the older , the larger and clumsier , who listened to him over supper . |
| 19 | She was full of jumbled religious guilts but it was she who was the seducer … |
| 20 | But it was she who was lovely , damn her . |
| 21 | Your worships , er , there 's nothing at all more sinister in the failure to stop and failure to report than than that , i th that is a a true record of the er er er of the incident as far as Mrs was concerned erm and it is something which erm comes about an accident which came about probably through the inexperience of the children er , running across the pedestrian crossing thinking that they have priority erm and not having regard to other road users er , and Mrs was travelling at slow speed but it was she was put in a difficult position by the the way in which the children ran across the road . |
| 22 | But it was she who was surprised when a man 's voice said explosively , ‘ What the hell are you doing here ? ’ |
| 23 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 24 | on the phone , but it was she was very nice . |