Example sentences of "[subord] it be [adv] [adv prt] [coord] " in BNC.

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1	Only last summer , years after it was all over and Astrid had found her stone cottage with roses round the door , golden/grey in a late summer orchard , she met Jay , and her eyes were green as the flames on ashwood .
2	Thackeray had been told of the death and of the anatomical examination after it was all over and he had spoken ‘ with warmth and sharpness ’ to Mr. Leech .
3	long it 's going to be before it 's all over and we can go home . ’
4	But I 'll be very glad when it 's all over and things return to normal . ’
5	It will : identify your belongings from those of other people that may also be in the removal van ; enable you and your friends , or the removal men , to put the boxes in the right rooms ( i.e. anything labelled ‘ crockery ’ in the kitchen ) , this saves sorting it out later on ; and it will enable you to lay your hands quickly on the teapot when it is all over and you are gasping for a cuppa !
6	‘ What I 'd like you to know is that when it was all over and Peter was back from America , the grave-diggers were down here on their bended knees begging him for forgiveness because they knew it was a nasty business and said had they known at the time they 'd have had nothing to do with it . ’
7	He said ‘ Hell ’ to me when he walked in and ‘ Thank you ’ when it was all over and he walked out .
8	They plotted it together and they were nice to one another during the whole of that time and when it was all over and the lawyers were serving papers , their parting was quite unbearable .
9	When it was all over and the table was bare and no one could think what to say , then they noticed that Delia Sutherland was gone .
10	All in all it made for an uncomfortable meal , despite the chef 's first-class skills , and Sarella at least was pleased when it was all over and Marc , with deliberately precise timing , pushed his chair back to signal that they could now follow him out .

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