Example sentences of "in [art] very [adj] [noun sg] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | A small proportion of the ladies of the upper classes entered convents ; the remainder were married off , where possible , shortly after puberty ; in the very highest society they had commonly been betrothed , sometimes more than once , in babyhood . |
| 2 | It was a particularly bitter blow for Leeds , because in the very first minute they should have levelled the tie . |
| 3 | In a very real way they put us in touch with people in the past , especially ordinary people . |
| 4 | The king had his attendants with him , and in a very short time they overpowered and killed Gowrie and his brother , whose bodies were hanged , drawn and quartered , the quarters being displayed at Edinburgh , Perth , Dundee and Stirling . |
| 5 | To her astonishment , he nodded curtly , and in a very short time they arrived at her flat . |