Example sentences of "[coord] that it was very " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told the court that he had been under ‘ emotional stress ’ at the time of the offence and that it was very much out of character for him to drink and then drive . |
| 2 | Aristotle added that the manticore 's voice was ‘ like a small trumpet ’ and that it was very wild , although if its tail was bruised it could be tamed without any trouble . |
| 3 | All agreed that it was a trick and that it was very silly of the people who made it . |
| 4 | She said she was driving an ambulance in the air raids and that it was very exciting but dreadfully tiring ; sometimes she went to bed after breakfast and slept until evening . |
| 5 | He came home one day reporting that a " gym shoe " was used to administer punishment and that it was very painful . |
| 6 | In tracing that elusive ancestor the family historian therefore needs to be aware that long before the age of the railways people did sometimes travel long distances and that it was very common for men , women and adolescents to move within a few miles radius of their birthplace . |