Example sentences of "it [was/were] who [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony it was who persuaded the village people to take advantage of the benefits offered them — meals cooked on washing-day , for instance , and the simple lessons in pianoforte and painting that Susan and Breeze had suggested giving . |
| 2 | She it was who entertained the Marquis and three of his friends simultaneously . |
| 3 | She it was who took the reading , writing , and arithmetic , but , of course , not until after more prayers . |
| 4 | Second in command , Flying Officer Denis Stark , had a wife and baby in lodgings in Cambridge , and he it was who owned the BSA . |
| 5 | He it was who received the soubriquet of ‘ The Upright Judge' ’ , on the occasion of his being turned out of office by Edward IV , because of his scrupulous fairness at the trial of Sir Thomas Coke , Lord Mayor of London . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ And he it was who summoned the Court sorcerers to drive me out . |
| 7 | Well done , Des Wilson , or whoever it was who taught the tiresome Paddy this trick . |
| 8 | Tony it was who organized the bi-weekly dances in the ‘ Sunset Hall ’ as he christened the disused museum , and who scoured the neighbourhood to get regular orders for the cakes Susan made so well . |
| 9 | Edward II particularly profited from the almost unctuous service of Pope Clement V : he it was who absolved the king from Archbishop Winchelsey 's curses and from his own various oaths ; it was Clement who appointed Reynolds , the king 's chaplain and treasurer , to Worcester and translated him to Canterbury to the exclusion of the eminently qualified capitular candidate , Thomas de Cobham ; above all , Clement alleviated Edward 's poverty with papal subsidies . |
| 10 | Lewis it was who broke the long silence between them , and took out his note-book : ‘ You knew where he was going ? ’ |
| 11 | She it was who opened the door and Henry heard a high-pitched giggle followed by a lengthy squawk of pleasure . |
| 12 | Ayling it was who dismissed the dangerous Taylor , caught at the wicket chasing a wide one , and Kent were some way behind the asking rate with only 43 for 2 on the board after 20 overs . |
| 13 | He it was who conceived the idea of identifying mind with consciousness and of claiming that consciousness and its contents are radically different sods of things from bodies and their properties . |