Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] it was he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever his reasons for staying , Reg certainly knew his football and it was he who turned a team of no-hopers into one capable of sustaining a bottom six position for the rest of the decade . |
| 2 | But under the revised membership clause of the constitution the Rev W. B. Sleight , who was not a missioner , was eligible for this honour and it was he , who , " in accordance with the general feeling " , was elected the first President of the BDDA . |
| 3 | He grew up hating any form of bloodshed and it was he who founded Eton College , also King 's College , Cambridge . |
| 4 | Park was perhaps the most influential early member of this group and it was he who , in tracing this transition , distinguished between what they called the ‘ biotic ’ and ‘ cultural ’ levels of human behaviour . |
| 5 | Shinwell believed to his dying day that it was he who had been the intended target of French 's bullet . |
| 6 | What was more , Fox was satisfied that the presence of Alfred 's fresh prints on the damaged articles was convincing evidence that it was he who had carried out the destruction . |
| 7 | What had happened , because his holidays coincided with mine , was that my father had become my mother as well as my father , in the sense that it was he and not she who was always at home . |
| 8 | He then realised that he had already seen his son some distance from the door and that his conviction that it was him had been totally irrational . |
| 9 | No doubt that it was him . |
| 10 | The trust is invalid on several counts : no property has been bequeathed to the curator so the principle of benefit is infringed ; if the curator had been validly appointed , which he has not , then he would be able to exercise some control over the foster-child 's use of the land ; but even then , since he would not be owner , it would be a problem that it was he who was charged with the trust for distributing shares in the income from the land . |
| 11 | There was no proof that it was he who had taken the necklace . |
| 12 | John was keen to help in a practical way and it was he who came up with an idea for marking John 's year in captivity . |
| 13 | Molyneux , like Richmond , won his freedom as a result of his boxing and it was he , more than any other early black sportsman , who ‘ showed how prize fighting could be the means by which a man of his colour might gain prominence and a certain undeniable importance akin to a theatrical star ’ ( Farr , 1964 , p.3 ) . |
| 14 | Near the close , Holding began to lay about him and was dropped off a skyer ; next morning he continued in the same vein to ensure his team a first innings lead , and ensure , too , that Bob Willis 's Test career would end on an unhappy note as it was he who took most of the stick . |