Example sentences of "[was/were] very [adj] [coord] [adv] [verb] " 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 | A coastguard spokesman said : ‘ They were very cold but otherwise appear to be unharmed . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Members of this tribe were by no means ready to work for any European who asked them to ’ , wrote Elspeth Huxley ; ‘ They were very particular and only entered the service of men whom they liked . ’ |
| 4 | The Bangor supporters were very clean and smartly dressed . |
| 5 | The Baron looked down at their butterfly colours , and saw they were very old and much used . |
| 6 | A type 2 statistical error is possible in a clinical study of 17 patients , but our observations were very precise and carefully validated and agree with the results of a recent much larger study from Australia . |
| 7 | He told them that the educational psychologist was very good and really knew the children . |
| 8 | Professor St John Goth was very tall and slightly stooped . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | Right , what made we want to be , I wanted to be a policeman when I was very young but never had the courage to do it . |
| 11 | ‘ I knew toxoplasmosis existed , but thought it was very rare and so did my doctor friends . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The factory at Watford was very suitable and well located . |
| 14 | His mother cried , Elspeth was so proud , Becky could n't believe it , but John was very solemn and quietly ordered his son from the house . |
| 15 | The feeling of structural security about flying in strutted and braced aircraft was very comforting but unfortunately did not always extend to the engines with which they were fitted . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I was very shy and never realised it . |
| 18 | She was a tall , bespectacled spinster , who was very capable and well understood child psychology . |
| 19 | Endill was sad at this because the Bookman was very clever and probably knew more than all the teachers put together . |
| 20 | I mean there is a , I do n't know if anybody saw there was a a programme on , it was actually B B C , erm , this week , it was about somebody who felt that she was very overweight and actually had her stomach stapled ! |
| 21 | ‘ I think he was very secretive and never told even his closest friends that he was obviously frightfully unhappy . |
| 22 | I He was very good-looking and fast became a popular idol — ‘ As Paris handsome and as Hector brave ’ , according to a contemporary poetaster . |
| 23 | Erm and we could offer this to the whole er er t to anyone who came to us and therefore be seen to be a church which was very accepting and outward going and missionary minded because all too often we hear ministers talking about erm using bapti baptism as an evangelical tool er c talk which I greatly resent and resist . |
| 24 | Sabraxis was a stern mistress , but she was very imaginative and continually updated the traditional pieces . |
| 25 | He threw himself down on the bed with his head on my stomach , groaning , and between the groans saying that he would be a good husband in future , he honestly would , he adored me , he was very ashamed and only hoped I could forgive him . |
| 26 | Neither Lady Amory nor Sir John had any practical experience , but Lady Amory 's father had been fond of altering gardens : ‘ He was very kind and always said you must help in the garden whenever you want to , but you know you 've got to have your own garden , you ca n't do it in your father 's garden . ’ |
| 27 | I explained , as gently as possible , that my mother was very old-fashioned and always checked up on me in the morning . |