Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [art] very [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She did not want to tell Connor that she had a private plan in mind ; it was such a very long shot , and might come to nothing .
2 He was brilliant the very first time he ran .
3 ‘ It was all a very pleasant surprise , ’ museum director Siegfried Salzmann told a Moscow news conference .
4 It was all a very sudden call to action .
5 There was evident a very strong determination on the part of Prof. Barker to remove all obstacles likely to prevent agreement being reached and , in the course of a subsequent conversation with Elvin , he said that he had recently come to the conclusion that it was of primary importance that the WEA should have the full assistance of the Extra-Mural Board in all its work throughout the whole of this District .
6 There was first a very thin volume in French , a bound pamphlet , anonymous and privately printed , Paris , 1932 ; it was entitled De la communication intermondiale .
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