Example sentences of "[adj] it be [noun] [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After an even opening session and a terrific toe to toe burst at the start of the second it was Oakes who took a grip with McGrath soaking up a steady stream of hard right-hand shots . |
| 2 | At any rate in the spring of 1784 it was Friends who resolved to accompany their delivery of their anti-slave trade pamphlet prepared by the slave trade committee of the Meeting for Sufferings with lobbying of MPs . |
| 3 | If the woman does not choose to fulfil this part of the process , then the connection will not hold ; by and large it is women who create the form of the relationship . |
| 4 | By and large it is men who construct knowledge , check with other men as to its significance and validity and build on the traditions developed by other men . |
| 5 | A police officer told the court he was sure it was Betteridge whom he saw in Houndgate , Darlington , at 11.50pm on Saturday as he had known him since he was 15 . |
| 6 | And above all it was Mark who had made her feel loved and special . |
| 7 | In 1528 , when he perhaps helped to garrison Guisnes , offices in Salisbury eluded him because Thomas Wolsey [ q.v. ] had already disposed of them ; by 1530 it was Wolsey who needed Baynton 's goodwill . |
| 8 | Although fingerprinting was not officially adopted in India until 1897 it was Herschel who , when a magistrate in Hooghly in 1877–8 , instituted the first known system . |
| 9 | In 1966 it was Beryl who found the advertisement which led to the purchase of the property in Balham which became Medau House , the Society 's Headquarters for many years . |
| 10 | At first it was men who were not allowed into the house and although this position resulted in a lot of criticism and ridicule , most feminists had some sympathy so long as we did n't seriously advocate separatism for all women . |
| 11 | But in the partition of the Warwick and Salisbury lands which was finally achieved in 1474 it was Gloucester who secured the Welsh estates . |
| 12 | But in the partition of the Warwick and Salisbury lands which was finally achieved in 1474 it was Gloucester who secured the Welsh estates . |
| 13 | Instead , Offa 's direct personal participation in Kentish affairs is revealed in a series of documents across the years 785–9 ( CS 247 : S 123 ; CS 248 : S 125 ; CS 254 : S 128 ; CS 253 : S 129 ; CS 257 : S 130 ; CS 244 : S 131 ) , and in 792 it was Offa who confirmed the immunities from secular obligations of Kentish churches ( CS 848 : S 134 ) . |
| 14 | In 1216 it was Eustace who commanded the fleet which ferried Philip 's son , Louis , across to England when the latter mounted his bid for the English throne . |