Example sentences of "very [adj] [coord] [art] [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter said very little but the glow was still on him . |
| 2 | Jilly Fox did a rather well-informed feminist sketch comparing the chaplain 's sexist attitudes to those of the Ayatollah : it was n't very funny and the chaplain was not amused , although he wisely pretended to be . |
| 3 | Isolation facilities were very limited and the clerk was directed to write to the County Council enquiring whether they intended to provide a sanatorium for ‘ consumption ’ . |
| 4 | When Nellie 's Mum was very large and the baby was due she would n't let Nellie go far in case she needed to fetch the midwife . |
| 5 | Riley pulled an ear and bit a lip and said this was all very well but the trouble was he had learned the other man was unwilling to move to the Post after all . |
| 6 | They managed to bend objects within sealed containers by simply opening the lids ; the seal was not very effective and the tampering was not detected . |
| 7 | It was very long and the print was very small and the exercise was very tiring . |
| 8 | It was very long and the print was very small and the exercise was very tiring . |
| 9 | They held each other very close but the evening was spoilt . |