Example sentences of "be very [adj] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , it was n't just a case of loving her and that was all there was to it , that might be very nice to know that God loves me , but I , there 's a sense in , I want to know what that love produces . |
| 2 | Members will be very sad to hear that John Hewitt , husband of our secretary , Hilda , has died . |
| 3 | And it used to be very fashionable to say that Thucydides was much the better of these two historians , he was describing erm a war in which he himself took part , he weighed the evidence very carefully , erm he produced very incisive statements about individuals and about problems , and that Herodotus had a lot of myth in what he wrote , and he was more wide-ranging , and he did n't really have the same standards of truth that Thucydides had had . |
| 4 | Mr Maan added : ‘ I 'm very delighted to hear that Mr McNeill has apologised publicly . |
| 5 | The police , too , had drunk quite a lot of beer by now , and before long they were very willing to believe that Oliver was not the robber of the night before . |
| 6 | All the workers were very happy to hear that Karen was all right . |
| 7 | Another way in which Highlander operates is illustrated by the example of the Appalachian Land Ownership Study , the bulk of which was undertaken from 1978 to 1980 , though it is very important to stress that events which promoted the survey , and events leading from the survey , are still matters of community activity . |
| 8 | It is very common to find that mills were adapted to a variety of different purposes during the nineteenth century . |
| 9 | I do think it 's very easy to say that sums of money are not financially significant . |
| 10 | It 's very important to recognize that York although a historic city as I mentioned er in the previous discussion , erm is a er is an industrial city with a significant number of employment problems , in particular in the rail engineering industry where we see a rapid er contraction of er what was Brown which is now A B B , clearly continuing problems in the rail industry with the er problems most certainly caused by privatization and also major job reductions in er firms such as Rowntrees and Terrys in the confectionery industry . |
| 11 | We are very disappointed to learn that leukaemia and other haematology patients needing inpatient treatment will continue to be admitted to a general ward , despite the empty beds which will be available in the new unit next door . |
| 12 | I WAS very sorry to read that Mrs Drury had cause to complain about the Nightstick car alarm ( Echo March 9 ) . |
| 13 | In addition , Bonelli said he was very proud to report that BAeSema was now profitable , on turnover that grew 32.7% to £73m . |
| 14 | I was very pleased to see that Tail Ending featured a Dalmation ! |
| 15 | When I came in early on the Saturday morning , I was very surprised to find that Mr Jimmy Mackenzie — patrolman — had washed all the glasses for me — unasked . |
| 16 | I was very distressed to hear that Joseph had been forced to flee to Guinea after his friend and later his mother were killed by the rebels . |
| 17 | As I sat just outside the entrance to the trench it was very difficult to accept that Taff was dead . |
| 18 | I was very glad to see that side of him again , I can tell you , and gladder still that I had not succeeded yet in eradicating it . |