Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun prp] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Wilde who christened her the ‘ Sphinx ’ , the name by which she was thereafter known to her friends . |
| 2 | Eventually , it was David who found him a good ship and carefully guided him through the process . |
| 3 | It was Sayeeda who gave me an insatiable desire to open the doors of Oman , doors which were locked to most foreigners and needed a special key . |
| 4 | Seven years later it was Meg who got him the audition on TV 's Opportunity Knocks which was to give him his big break . |
| 5 | It was Virginia who gave me the clue . |