Example sentences of "it was [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was Hua who gave the order for Jiang Qing and her associates to be arrested along with many of their supporters . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It was McFarlane who netted the vital goal on Saturday against Edinburgh Civil Service with only 26 seconds remaining . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | During the formative years of broadcasting it was cinema which produced the predominant images of lesbians and gay men . |
| 15 | He lost the leadership of Leeds to Ellery Hanley and it was Hanley who was made skipper of Great Britain in Australia this summer . |
| 16 | It was Jo who first got me to see that I had done my best . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She also holed from 40 feet for a birdie at the short 17th , but it was Mason who preserved their lead . |
| 19 | It was Rose who was the first to break away . |
| 20 | His voice betrayed him ; she saw at once it was Jake he wanted to talk about . |
| 21 | It was Jake who stared now , his face going still with horror . |
| 22 | No , I was thinking it was shock you actually said it actually . |
| 23 | And yet it was persons who died in such numbers , without ever necessarily subscribing to the consequences of their own actions . |
| 24 | Then it was Irons who set up Aldridge for the third with a superb pass form inside his own half . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Although it was Church who originally proposed the use of ‘ pinches ’ and ‘ scoops ’ for measuring out the components of salt-sugar solutions for the purpose of oral rehydration , it was BRAC which adapted this method for use by the people of Bangladesh . |
| 27 | For it was Protestants who got better jobs , who skipped the queue for houses , who made my father work on Christmas day when the union voted against the optional holiday — to keep the Papes in their place . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , it was Nestor who stole the show … and how . |
| 29 | More to the point , it was Bagehot who said : ‘ A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities . ’ |
| 30 | She could n't help thinking that it was Mark himself who was largely responsible for the change . |