Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] that he [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned up at the dance studio in a pair of very skimpy tight shorts and observing that everyone else was very white and wore towelling track suits , and seeing that he was very tall and very naked , got nervous so went for a walk and smoked a joint . |
| 2 | He had laughed , simultaneously mocking the stupidity of government by cosmetics and confessing that he was also a part of it , just as he was part of government by voice coach and acting coach . |
| 3 | The tough slaughterman viewing the small , unimpressive figure and deciding that he was n't going to be put out of his routine by some ragged farm man . |
| 4 | Merrill asked , fastening her seatbelt and wishing that he were n't so devastatingly attractive . |
| 5 | I started crying and saying that he was only a minor , that he was n't old enough to be taken away , and had n't done anything . |
| 6 | Findlay was arrested and according to the Crown made damaging admissions , asking who had ‘ grassed ’ him and saying that he was only concerned in one post office robbery . |