Example sentences of "[pers pn] very [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm can we can you as part of the discussion , can you start off by saying well thank you very much for the call that you gave me last week but erm erm there 's there 's just a couple of sizes I 'd like to talk talk to you about . |
| 2 | Thame United — thank you very much for the phone call , we 've got your fixture — and shall I mention it ? |
| 3 | Thank you very much for the work you 've put in . |
| 4 | Thank you very much for the order . |
| 5 | Mr Mason has asked me to thank you very much for the invitation to attend the announcement of the name of the winning architect chosen to design the new Museum on 13th August . |
| 6 | Thank you very much for the balaclava pattern , unfortunately my machine is a Toyota 858 so this is no use as it is for a Pfaff or Passap Duomatic . |
| 7 | ‘ Thank you very much for the lift . ’ |
| 8 | Thank you very much for the coffee . |
| 9 | If they asked me to say thank you very much at the end of a shit interview I would n't , and if they did n't like it , I 'd probably leave . |
| 10 | We 'd drop old ladies off at Victoria Station and the black cab drivers used to be very grumpy with us — in fact they used to punch you very hard in the mouth . |
| 11 | Brown had to be at her very best in the breaststroke event as Emma Robinson of Coleraine pushed her all the way , finishing just 0.6 secs behind in the runner-up spot . |
| 12 | Holding her very gently under the water , I took a pair of tweezers and carefully managed to get hold of the piece of gravel and remove it . |
| 13 | He held the door open and as she passed through he said something under his breath and touched her very lightly on the shoulder — a caressing kind of touch that caused her to give an involuntary shiver . |
| 14 | It was as if a fist had punched her very hard in the stomach . |
| 15 | He went home with a man who made love to him very violently on the living room floor , wanting to fuck Boy face down on the floor , and straight away , without any kissing ; the floor was covered with scraps of glittering sequined fabrics . |
| 16 | ‘ I like to go down to the Albert Dock but I ca n't manage it very well without the scooter . ’ |
| 17 | I could n't explain it very well at the time and I still ca n't . |
| 18 | Why is n't it very well in the night ? |
| 19 | Missing , he swung his pony round in pursuit , and when it did n't turn quickly enough , clouted it very hard round the head with his stick . |
| 20 | Stapleton used it very cleverly on the hound . |
| 21 | Tina might have told her mother this , during one of their evenings of confidences , but it had never occurred to her , she being neither proud nor ashamed of it , nor even thinking it very out of the ordinary . |
| 22 | Should you not wish to keep any of the papers that you 've got there you can put them very carefully in the box . |
| 23 | It 's easier for someone who has a timetable laid out for them very clearly during the day . |
| 24 | This wider context for LMS makes clear the government 's intention of creating a more competitive environment for schools by putting them very firmly in the market-place . |
| 25 | In this way then the couplet brings together the three themes of each section and relates them very strongly to the speaker and the listener , with the use of ‘ thou ’ . |
| 26 | If I look back on the people who have led me very well in the past , it was those who were able to create and sustain just such a sense of challenge . |
| 27 | That 'll do me very well fer the time bein' , thanks ! ’ |
| 28 | On one occasion I remember that she promoted me very briefly for the space of an entire morning . |
| 29 | Well I think what people have said to me very often about the Community Charge is that they can see the er they can see the point of having a community charge which everybody pays and which actually brings in to the local taxation system the hundreds of thousands of people who were previously not paying any rates at all but were benefiting from local services . |
| 30 | I did n't think you even liked me very much at the moment , let alone … let alone cared sufficiently to want to marry me … ’ |