Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dressed in a dark , immaculate evening suit and a crisp white shirt , worn with a bow-tie that had been , by the looks of it , impatiently pulled apart at the very earliest opportunity . |
| 2 | The original building of the Hotel Lapershoek dates back to the early 20th century when it was a grand stately home , and it has since been thoughtfully converted in to a very comfortable four star hotel . |
| 3 | All of this was already mapped out in a very decent and proper piece of research that I had just written up . |
| 4 | As I 've tried to suggest , many books do not face up to the very evident problems confronting psychology , but it does seem that the discipline is alive and kicking . |
| 5 | Another part of the exhibition is a caseful of just such gifts , presumably dusted down from a very full royal attic : a Maori figure with crossed eyes , a table with cowrie shells hanging from it as from an Australian hat , a fetching Japanese lacquer picnic set and a sinister raffia figure wearing a balaclava . |
| 6 | ‘ I took every precaution possible to ensure he did n't come into contact with the virus but he still came back with a very dirty nose and coughed very badly . ’ |
| 7 | It always came up at the very worst of times . |
| 8 | Whereas Budget speeches once consisted mainly of a very detailed and technical discussion of taxation and borrowing , they now also contain a review of the progress of the British economy against the world economic background and a description of government economic policies . |
| 9 | BELVILLE : I have had the mortification for some weeks past to come home to a very different Pamela than I used to . |
| 10 | In the blue corner , we have the ‘ JD Telecaster ’ , the Japanese-made version of the very same instrument , and one you can probably pick up for the very interesting price of £400 or less . |
| 11 | The revenue obtained a huge sum of money which they had no right to demand and they are now hanging on to a very large amount of interest which they have no moral right to retain . |
| 12 | The instances of large numbers of birds having been shot or trapped for food , or rare specimens collected , is well documented , and in Sussex was often carried out on a very considerable scale . |
| 13 | Well going back to the very first meeting that we had |
| 14 | So if we hear any screeching noises or bells , which er do n't turn off after a very very short period of time , we are to er make our way in an orderly fashion to the er base of the staircase of the fire escape , following the fire escape er signs . |
| 15 | ‘ She comes up here , throws herself at a man who may or may not be her brother , but who is undoubtedly mixed up in a very unsavoury episode in his country 's history , lets him persuade her to fool around with a very dangerous drug … |
| 16 | Mozart seems to have begun to refine his style of composition , and two of them at least stand well with the very popular symphonies of the next decade — the Symphony in G Minor , K.183/173dB , written in October 1773 just after his return from Vienna , and the Symphony in A major , K.201/186a , written in April the following year ( see PLATE IV and 19 & 20 ) . |
| 17 | The detail of the proposals on contributions was , of course , fully set out in the very full statement that I made to the House by way of a written answer at the same time as my right hon. Friend the Chancellor 's autumn statement on 6 November . |
| 18 | He too builds up at the very least a case to answer . ) |