Example sentences of "very [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its head bowed , its wings half open and useless , it was very , very wearily steering itself round and round in hopeless circles . |
| 2 | Algebraic geometry which , very loosely speaking , is concerned with curves and surfaces in n-dimensional space which are defined by algebraic equations , is a meeting ground for several mathematical disciplines including geometry , complex analysis , topology and number theory as well as algebra . |
| 3 | Most distinctive feature is graceful dipping flight , often stooping to surface of water to pick up insects , but very rarely diving in . |
| 4 | Freedom retreats in the face of laws that are constantly emerging , evolving , and accumulating — but very rarely disappearing . |
| 5 | They begin with simple movement exercises such as standing with the hands on the hips and very slowly rotating the head from right to left , then reversing the procedure . |
| 6 | The traffic is very slowly starting to ease up now . |
| 7 | Very , very slow moving there indeed , and it 's going very very slowly heading out on to the A40 . |
| 8 | I and the Thomas boy are very slowly making way . |
| 9 | Exhibition hall reopens in a city very slowly warming to contemporary art |
| 10 | Losing control and/or orientation of a very slowly turning helicopter is not recommended . |
| 11 | The Food Safety Act is working very effectively improving the quality of our food and giving consumers confidence in the integrity of the food supply . |
| 12 | More importantly , I can see that I am very effectively disposing of all the apparent or alleged similarities between Daniel Miller and myself . |
| 13 | One arm rests on the farthingale of the skirt , the hand very delicately holding a large white scarf ; the other hand rests on a chair back . |
| 14 | We thought we had an enormous pile but unfortunately our fire was not very long lasting and by 6 o'clock we were wandering about looking at the other , more professionally built conflagrations . |
| 15 | Morgon is very long lasting , Brouilly is grapey and rich and Côte de Brouilly is similar but more intense . |
| 16 | The Ginger range includes a new glass beaded air stone , designed particularly with protein skimmers in mind and claimed to be very long lasting if washed regularly . |
| 17 | Very long lasting . |
| 18 | Yes , very long lasting . |
| 19 | One sort of explanation sees such practices as permanent employment and seniority wage systems as being related to Japan 's unique cultural traditions and the carry-over to modern industry of patterns of social relationships and obligations which characterised feudal Japan.7 Other , perhaps more convincing , approaches ( as these practices are not characteristic of smaller-sized firms ) see them as an employer response to the exigencies of the labour market and as a control device to elicit and reward loyal workforce behaviour ( Jacoby , 1979 ) , since lifetime employment is not a practice of very long standing in Japan . |
| 20 | Some of these species feed far offshore , necessitating very long foraging trips ( up to 300 m ) . |
| 21 | And then he 's got he 's got a beard , except it 's not very long going behind his jawline like Captain Ahab . |
| 22 | She has also functioned as an extremely efficient troubleshooter on our system , identifying problems and very patiently liaising with our software suppliers when problems have arisen . |
| 23 | It makes very loud crunching , splitting noises on the concrete path . |
| 24 | Automatically he glanced over his shoulder — and was startled to discover two bulky men in long overcoats standing some distance away — both very obviously watching him . |
| 25 | But by this time there was something very obviously missing from her play . |
| 26 | They stay on stage to watch the play , with Petruchio 's manipulation of Katherine very obviously mirroring the tricks they are playing on poor Sly . |
| 27 | Dear me , I 'm afraid you 've scratched yourself and made yourself very dirty rescuing him . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't want to work for you , I 'm employed very nicely working for myself and the name of Morgan is respected already in town , which is more than can be said for that of the Grenfells . ’ |
| 29 | Not that anyone seemed to care very much according to the data . |
| 30 | Even if you can actually design antibodies which will fight the disease for the patient , it 's still very much trying to hold back the disease progress . |