Example sentences of "it [was/were] a very [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You would normally be able to screw the bottom tract straight into the carpet , unless it were a very deep shag pile |
| 2 | ‘ It was a very unkind thing to do , McAllister , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ But I suppose it was a very superficial friendship really . |
| 4 | I also found it was a very practical fabric for a small boy . |
| 5 | It was a very stormy night , with a lot of wind and rain . |
| 6 | It was a very fortunate mistake as by then John 's voice was too weak to be heard by them . |
| 7 | It was a very emotional experience . |
| 8 | It was a very emotional moment for all of us . |
| 9 | It was a very emotional moment . ’ |
| 10 | It was a very dangerous plan , and I did not really think it would work — but we had to try ! |
| 11 | Yes , it was a very dangerous game , and she had to stop . |
| 12 | It was a very dangerous business , if up to thirty or so golfers were letting fly . |
| 13 | But they confessed : ‘ It was a very tedious task for us . ’ |
| 14 | Darcy commented ‘ It was a very negative day and I got all the bad breaks going . |
| 15 | The cupboard doors had all been deeply hacked and scored with a knife , every crisp bag had been burst , every stick of rock shattered and splintered : it was a very thorough job . |
| 16 | It was a very successful Rally , enjoyed by everyone and was a fitting climax to the U.C.M. year . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , ’ said Harold , ‘ do n't you think that it was a very successful evening ? ’ |
| 18 | President , I 'd like to er , offer thanks on behalf of my membership in the Process and Construction Section , on the false agreement , it was a very successful week and just to echo Keith 's words , those links that we made are working and we are in correspondence with the , our colleagues in and we 're picking that up in terms of recruitment . |
| 19 | Well it was a very successful meeting . |
| 20 | you can cos you can contrast it with when it was a very successful area . |
| 21 | It was a very foggy evening and extremely cold . |
| 22 | Miss Potts was lenient with the girls for it was a very hot afternoon . |
| 23 | It was a very impressive speech . |
| 24 | It was a very impressive comeback for Cross , who had been out of the game for six months with shin splints . |
| 25 | It was a very nervous group , their fingers stained with nicotine , who assembled on the airfield the next day , but Stirling himself jumped first , followed by the rest of the detachment . |
| 26 | However , at £75 million it was a very substantial investment and we had to open . ’ |
| 27 | It was a very progressive performance , far too uncommercial . |
| 28 | But the however we got by and it was a very progressive wee bakery . |
| 29 | I refer the hon. Gentleman to his hon. Friend the Member for Derby , South ( Mrs. Beckett ) who , if I have understood her words , made it clear that she did not think that it was a very good idea for people below the lower earnings limit to pay small amounts of national insurance . |
| 30 | Well she did n't persuade me but she said she thought it was a very good idea because it was on all the new sets and while I was buying a new set I might as well |