Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] it [verb] [adv prt] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Another possibility is that a woman had a bomb wired to her , and that it went off as she gave flowers to Mr Gandhi .
2 Well , we thought he 'd gone out , but apparently he must have got to the door just as the bomb landed , and the blast blew the door backwards , er the door inwards , knocked me dad backwards and at the back of him we had a cellar , but it went through this , the cellar door and although it turned round before it went down the cellar , he finished up down there because we did n't know this til after a while that me brother wou did n't offer to go out , so I went out think , to find where me dad was you see .
3 She could hear Mary Deare droning on : ‘ Her light is going faint , and if it goes out that means she is dead .
4 And if it turns out that the right mood has arrived at last , there are plenty of ideas waiting for attention .
5 And if it turned out that he would n't , then dragons were always hungry and needed to be fed regularly .
6 As an alternative to the last submission it was argued that the money was paid to and received by the revenue under an implied agreement that it would be held as a deposit against tax that might be held to have been due at the dates of payment and that it would be repaid if and when it turned out that no tax was due .
7 It takes a little of the Continental Plate with it , producing a rare and exotic melt of rock ; and as it goes down and melts , and as its volume changes and its physical chemistry alters , so this deep-diving mess of ocean rock contorts and winces , and deep-seated earthquakes and violent eruptions occur .
8 Suppose that I claimed yesterday to know that it would rain in the afternoon , on the normal grounds ( weather forecast , gathering clouds , etc. ) , but that it turns out that I was wrong .
9 While its hindquarters are towards you there is no real danger , but if it turns round and you can see its head you can bet that a bid to escape is pending .
10 You can not , for instance , turn someone into a surfing champion just because he 's at the seaside , but if it turns out that he has a genuine interest in fishing and some skills as a fisherman you can centre pictures and film on that .
11 But if it turns out that the units make an independent contribution , then there is a further level-of-analysis problem .
12 This is the usual case , but if it turns out that a particular file is very volatile the less restrictive system should be used .
13 I know , but if it works out that we have n't got the flat then what the fuck are we gon na do ?
14 ( The meeting started in a vegetarian restaurant but when it turned out that the table was already booked , we carried on outside , in a freezing wind .
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