Example sentences of "was very [adj] [conj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told them that the educational psychologist was very good and really knew the children . |
| 2 | Professor St John Goth was very tall and slightly stooped . |
| 3 | Two Winslow Homers , an oil and a watercolour , were both somewhat problematic : ‘ The unruly calf ’ , from the Pauline Woolworth Trust , showing a boy trying to coax a tethered calf to move ( lot 36 est. $1–1.5 million ) was very flat but still found a private buyer at $1.1 million ( £687,500 ) . |
| 4 | Right , what made we want to be , I wanted to be a policeman when I was very young but never had the courage to do it . |
| 5 | ‘ I knew toxoplasmosis existed , but thought it was very rare and so did my doctor friends . |
| 6 | She had been afraid to tell Nancy 's story to Dr Losberne , since the good doctor was very excitable and often acted with more enthusiasm than wisdom . |
| 7 | The factory at Watford was very suitable and well located . |
| 8 | His mother cried , Elspeth was so proud , Becky could n't believe it , but John was very solemn and quietly ordered his son from the house . |
| 9 | The feeling of structural security about flying in strutted and braced aircraft was very comforting but unfortunately did not always extend to the engines with which they were fitted . |
| 10 | She could scream blue murder , but half an hour later would be the life of a dinner party , for she was very vain and never missed a chance to show herself off . |
| 11 | I was very shy and never realised it . |
| 12 | She was a tall , bespectacled spinster , who was very capable and well understood child psychology . |
| 13 | Endill was sad at this because the Bookman was very clever and probably knew more than all the teachers put together . |
| 14 | I mean there is a , I do n't know if anybody saw there was a a programme on , it was actually B B C , erm , this week , it was about somebody who felt that she was very overweight and actually had her stomach stapled ! |
| 15 | ‘ I think he was very secretive and never told even his closest friends that he was obviously frightfully unhappy . |
| 16 | I He was very good-looking and fast became a popular idol — ‘ As Paris handsome and as Hector brave ’ , according to a contemporary poetaster . |
| 17 | Erm and we could offer this to the whole er er t to anyone who came to us and therefore be seen to be a church which was very accepting and outward going and missionary minded because all too often we hear ministers talking about erm using bapti baptism as an evangelical tool er c talk which I greatly resent and resist . |
| 18 | Sabraxis was a stern mistress , but she was very imaginative and continually updated the traditional pieces . |
| 19 | He threw himself down on the bed with his head on my stomach , groaning , and between the groans saying that he would be a good husband in future , he honestly would , he adored me , he was very ashamed and only hoped I could forgive him . |
| 20 | Neither Lady Amory nor Sir John had any practical experience , but Lady Amory 's father had been fond of altering gardens : ‘ He was very kind and always said you must help in the garden whenever you want to , but you know you 've got to have your own garden , you ca n't do it in your father 's garden . ’ |
| 21 | I explained , as gently as possible , that my mother was very old-fashioned and always checked up on me in the morning . |