Example sentences of "[was/were] very [adj] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 It was certainly a spectacular display of what dancers could do with their legs whilst merely marching but the ports de bras were very limited and merely swung at the sides or sprang to attention .
2 The Bangor supporters were very clean and smartly dressed .
3 The Baron looked down at their butterfly colours , and saw they were very old and much used .
4 Two Winslow Homers , an oil and a watercolour , were both somewhat problematic : ‘ The unruly calf ’ , from the Pauline Woolworth Trust , showing a boy trying to coax a tethered calf to move ( lot 36 est. $1–1.5 million ) was very flat but still found a private buyer at $1.1 million ( £687,500 ) .
5 She had been afraid to tell Nancy 's story to Dr Losberne , since the good doctor was very excitable and often acted with more enthusiasm than wisdom .
6 The factory at Watford was very suitable and well located .
7 She could scream blue murder , but half an hour later would be the life of a dinner party , for she was very vain and never missed a chance to show herself off .
8 She was a tall , bespectacled spinster , who was very capable and well understood child psychology .
9 ‘ I think he was very secretive and never told even his closest friends that he was obviously frightfully unhappy .
10 I explained , as gently as possible , that my mother was very old-fashioned and always checked up on me in the morning .
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