Example sentences of "[coord] it be she [pron] " 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 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Nan had been twelve then , and it was she who had tipped the balance . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | And it was she who brought me the first evening paper . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | And it was she who cried , ‘ Oh , Grandma . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | And it was she who told me that she 'd been , that 's where they 'd been . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Your wife says you have a lot to learn about being a parent , but it is she who has a lot to learn . |
17 | She was full of jumbled religious guilts but it was she who was the seducer … |
18 | But it was she who was lovely , damn her . |
19 | But it was she who was surprised when a man 's voice said explosively , ‘ What the hell are you doing here ? ’ |