Example sentences of "it [was/were] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He says that if it were rats which were passing on TB to cattle there would be no hesitation : the rats would be killed .
2 thought it were road he put all four in , and he went down , up
3 I think it were Jes what were telling you .
4 Oliver said that could have been easily accomplished by telling Shildon where they really were and if it were Shildon she had heard going through a desk in the typists ' room he must already have found out .
5 If it were Oliver he would have called out to her , come to meet her as soon as he heard the key in the lock .
6 The primitive sound of it stirred something deep inside me as though it were Pan himself , not some Indian labourer , playing those haunting notes on that rude instrument .
7 I hate these as it were things you know ?
8 ‘ If it were summer I 'd do it even wi' the children .
9 Oh well it were painter who died .
10 Whether it were coat she had on or not
11 In the days of his partnership with Tim Rice , it was Rice who took charge of the " front of house " publicity , handling the round of chat-shows and press interviews with a breezy and plausible charm .
12 It was Hua who gave the order for Jiang Qing and her associates to be arrested along with many of their supporters .
13 It was Artemesia who was tortured into proving that she was a virgin when she was raped and had to dispute all the ’ witnesses ’ brought in by Tassi who claimed that they had had Artemesia too . ’
14 But it was only when Susato began to publish at Antwerp in 1543 that their songs appeared in quantity and it was Susato who really launched Crecquillon with a book of 36 chansons à 4 parties in 1543 , though he had published Crecquillon 's greatest hit , ‘ Ung gay bergier ’ , in a miscellaneous collection the year before .
15 They 'd only been beaten 3 times this season so you feared the worst , but it was Oxford who struck next ; another no goal , or no penalty , according to Kevin Keegan .
16 This I could have done from the Royal College — but it was Oxford I wanted — and to go to Somerville where I had a friend who told me about it .
17 It was McFarlane who netted the vital goal on Saturday against Edinburgh Civil Service with only 26 seconds remaining .
18 It was Rune who broke the close embrace , lifting his head away , his hands still tender on her shoulders as he scanned her face , his own features harshly set .
19 Paul Reynolds held off the challenge of John McPherson to put Drumaness ahead seven minutes from half time and even though a Dunmurry effort was cleared off the line it was Drumaness who squandered the scoring chances in the first half .
20 Leeds battled fiercely with Whelan playing well up front , holding the ball and putting decent balls in the box a lot ( he came on for Rocky at half time ) but when we did get back in it it was Deano who was in the box and looking like scoring who got hauled down and the ref points to the spot .
21 It was Ryan who was trying to get permission — and yet Gwen had just said … and had n't Leo run out of the shop after Ryan ?
22 On one view , Professor Elton 's , the organization described in the Edwardian ordinances ‘ bore little relation to reality ’ ; it was Cromwell who gave concrete and lasting form to otherwise pious aspirations .
23 But it was Cromwell who remained the arch repository of true evil in the world , Cromwell who had persecuted Ireland so greatly as to overshadow even Queen Elizabeth who , vilifying Mary Stuart , had put her to a martyr 's death .
24 During the formative years of broadcasting it was cinema which produced the predominant images of lesbians and gay men .
25 He lost the leadership of Leeds to Ellery Hanley and it was Hanley who was made skipper of Great Britain in Australia this summer .
26 It was Jo who first got me to see that I had done my best .
27 It was Jo who recognised the value of the ‘ minefield of memories ’ we had stirred up and made visible , and decided to make the work public .
28 She also holed from 40 feet for a birdie at the short 17th , but it was Mason who preserved their lead .
29 It was Rose who was the first to break away .
30 His voice betrayed him ; she saw at once it was Jake he wanted to talk about .
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