Example sentences of "been [noun] [noun] [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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1 | In recent years it has been Ian Rush who has been the scourge of Everton but this time he turned provider to send the Israeli international through a dumbfounded Everton defence . |
2 | In fact , it had been Dr Kemp who had written a reference for her when she 'd changed jobs . |
3 | It had been Bruce Davidson who had interviewed Yeo before , when Angela Morgan had still been officially only a Missing Person and Peter Yeo , as her employer , one of the obvious people to talk to about where she might be . |
4 | Within living memory there have been cathedral organists who have taught their skills to articled pupils . |
5 | But it had been Mrs McBride who had started as she meant to go on . |
6 | ‘ Have you ever thought it might have been Mrs Downes who killed Dr Kemp ? |
7 | It had not been Mrs Diggory who had told Lady Lavinia about herself and Benedict . |
8 | It was announced in mid-November that the United People 's Party ( UPP ) , the grouping formed by Hyundai conglomerate founder Chung Ju Yung , was to merge with the New Korea Party ( NKP ) which had been formed in October [ see p. 39142 ] by defectors from the political mainstream , most of whom had been DLP members who were opposed to the succession of Kim Young Sam . |
9 | If it had been Jamie Baird who was waiting for her in the drawing-room , would she have been so angry ? |
10 | My sleep/wake clock had bust a spring and I was worried about the fact that it had been Billy Tuckett who had dropped through the skylight . |
11 | It had been Great-Aunt Alicia who had considered it a marvellous and exciting opportunity and persuaded her to accept it . |
12 | McGee had summoned the Dean , but it had been Lord Cumbermound who had led the party down the back stairs . |
13 | Try to imagine , if you will , the ferocity of the reaction in the West if it had been Saddam Hussein who had poured napalm down on Kurdish villages three weeks ago ! |
14 | Quite apart from the desire for steady and precise steering qualities as offered by the conical camber of the Rogallo sail forms , there always have been kite flyers who were less interested in ‘ Figurekiting ’ and more inclined to the spectacular fast flying trains of smaller kites with linked bridles . |
15 | Had it been Alex Household who had been shot , the situation would have been different , because she so patently disapproved of him , but with Michael Banks as the victim , it was difficult to cast her in the role of murderer . |
16 | Acting as midwife to the enterprise has been Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios who was assisted by Roberto Valeriani . |