Example sentences of "[vb past] it be [noun] [Wh pn] " in BNC.

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1 At least , she assumed it was Dick who spoke .
2 She guessed it was Finn who watched her most , unless the brothers took turns .
3 He had a winging moustache and a goatee beard but he moved tentatively , uncertainly , and Melanie guessed it was Finn who worked him .
4 Remember , I assumed you knew it was Jennifer who had broken off the engagement and the reason she did so . ’
5 ‘ And everyone thought it was Gramps who was the father ? ’
6 He thought it was Ketura who generally came to call for him before breakfast .
7 Then there was a big cheer from the 18th and we thought it was Nicklaus who 'd holed for a birdie .
8 She revealed it was Alan who took her under his wing when she first joined the cast as a relatively inexperienced actress .
9 Studland folk said it was Harry who fell .
10 But yesterday McLean said it was Burgess who had been kicking and stamping on the victim .
11 But Esmund Faulks , prosecuting , said it was Yousefi who opened the account of Garawand at the bank giving his address as Victoria Embankment , Darlington .
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