Example sentences of "[coord] was [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | During that time he was ordered by gang members to shave off his beard to change his appearance and was again threatened that his family would be harmed if he did not do as he was told . |
| 2 | He was taught unarmed combat by a former plumber , and was later told that the famous novelist Gerald Kersh gave lessons in how to kill a man in total silence using only a handkerchief or a bunch of keys . |
| 3 | Frederica thought he was being philistine and was later to learn that he was being simply truthful . |
| 4 | By the time the main course arrived — an unappetizing leg of chicken in breadcrumbs accompanied by boiled sprouts — Loretta had done a complete U-turn and was fervently hoping that Koogan would consent to lend them a key . |
| 5 | Alix 's mother , broad-minded though she was , did not approve of Catholicism , and was hardly to know that Esther was Jewish . |
| 6 | She had worked for him and her mother in a variety of businesses and was always assured that she would inherit his estate when he died . |
| 7 | He did so now , read it , and was so disturbed that he had to drop into Cat 's Coffee Shop to sit down . |
| 8 | ‘ Right , Jimmy , ’ she said , her eyes on the papers in her hand , and was about to add that they 'd start with the paperwork he 'd collected , when a voice that definitely was n't Jimmy 's cut in . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course I 'll take you , ’ Fabia replied without hesitation , and was about to add that she would be on the same flight with her when she was halted by a change in Cara 's expression . |