Example sentences of "[adv] at the very [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On her next outing Dawn Run came down at the very first fence at Liverpool , giving Jonjo O'Neill a terrible fall . |
| 2 | Slightly more personal is 60 ( ‘ Like as the waves make toward the pebbled shore ’ ) , but only at the very last gasp , as it were , defeating time : ‘ And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand , /Praising thy worth , despite his cruel hand . ’ |
| 3 | Some of the larger birds , like the blackbirds and thrushes , often risk a little dive-bombing , in which they swoop down on the owl from a distance of about 30 feet , heading straight for it , and then swerve aside only at the very last moment , when they are no more than a foot away . |
| 4 | The three others rose to leave and it was only at the very last moment that he added , almost casually : ‘ What message were you supposed to phone to the American Consulate ? ’ |
| 5 | Cried off at the very last moment , Mrs Parslow said . |
| 6 | Richard Cohen , who commissioned the book , said : ‘ I was very glad the judge threw it out at the very first stage . |
| 7 | my Lord in a , in a sense that right at the very last page when they say a notified articles association , rules and regulations in there amended form no longer contain any clauses which constitute appreciable restrictions |