Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] a very " in BNC.
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| 1 | The adoption of a Local Area Network ( LAN ) strategy has provided us with a very flexible base for future computing . |
| 2 | The clever Ephron has taken him for a very long ride indeed . |
| 3 | ‘ He 'd struck me as a very kind , caring man , so I rang him and found myself pouring my heart out . ’ |
| 4 | If the ancient bacteria that lived before that time had been intelligent , they would have recognized it as a very serious pollution . |
| 5 | I 'm glad I did n't — it would only have shown us in a very discreditable light . |
| 6 | ( Or even better , try to fit them into a very short story . ) |
| 7 | As they leered suggestively at her , she would stick a finger up her nose and start scratching it in a very obvious way . |
| 8 | You 've caught me at a very late lunch . |
| 9 | But she had done it in a very peculiar way : she had booked in to a private Well Woman Clinic under an assumed name . |
| 10 | ‘ Now ’ , she said , ‘ they 've told you in a very bald way . |
| 11 | I 've wanted it for a very long time , and it will happen , I promise , but not now , not yet . ’ |
| 12 | Margot Iverson had struck him as a very controlled woman . |
| 13 | She was still quietly fuming about Felipe 's remarks as dinner drew near , however , and he had put her in a very awkward position . |
| 14 | She 's probably trying to explain them in a very complicated way of doing maths . |
| 15 | It was as if there was something out there — or perhaps several somethings — struggling to break free of a force that had held them for a very long time . |
| 16 | She had not worn either of them before and they were two years old , dresses she had bought before events had changed her from a very easygoing , happy person into a creature armed for defence . |
| 17 | I met a scum fan on the bus home from town late on Saturday night who was trying to tell me in a very loud voice that Strachan was now ‘ past it ’ and ‘ knackered ’ . |
| 18 | And she 's got him into a very good er nursery school apparently . |
| 19 | However clear and well presented reading material may be , there can still be problems in its use , particularly for pupils who need to use it at a very close distance from the eye . |
| 20 | Not if you plan to soak them for a very large fee . |