Example sentences of "[vb past] very [adj] and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Standing small and shaky before that vast desk , surrounded by all the trappings of success and power , I felt very helpless and the cigarette seemed about as much of a morale-builder as a pocket-handkerchief is a protection against a firing-squad . |
| 2 | ‘ After the birth Tony and I both felt very shaky and the midwife got us some tea right away , while they were tidying me up , just to calm us down . |
| 3 | The umpires looked very big and the ten- and eleven-year-old schoolboys very small , like squat white fleas that stayed still or suddenly hopped about and often fell over . |
| 4 | Instead of that , Rushdie became very famous and the book became a bestseller . ’ |
| 5 | He owned very little and the packing did not take long . |