Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] very [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( We inevitably got the ‘ you fancy each other ’ spiel but I ignore people like that — I would like to hit them very hard ! ) |
| 2 | ‘ On the contrary , she understands me very well and I 'm still free to play chess . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I am a fairly lonely person — I do have friends but I do n't get to see them very often because of my unsociable shift work . |
| 4 | They hoped to see me very soon . |
| 5 | I go to college now I 'm doing my G C S Es and I 'm enjoying them very much and I 'm glad I went onto that course first . |
| 6 | Your pears should be under-ripe because you are going to poach them very gently , and it is very important that they do n't go mushy on you . |
| 7 | You know like , if I 'm really thirsty , I could just gulp down a glass of water or a glass of orange , just like that , but with fizzy drinks , I do n't know , I ca n't swallow them very easily , just sort of er , |
| 8 | To think that for all these years I had tried to protect them from this very fate and I had n't even the pleasure of using them very often . |
| 9 | A slide of children with gas masks provoked Wayne ( RH ) to comment on Mickey Mouse designs placed on gas masks to encourage children to wear them , and Stephen ( S ) to say they did n't bother to wear them very often . |
| 10 | Hall reported to Palmerston on the same day that he had met the architects ‘ in conclave ’ to discuss the competition conditions , and was happy to say that he had arranged them very satisfactorily . |
| 11 | I ca n't think why pure-voiced sopranos like Emma Kirkby have n't also taken it up ; it would suit them very well . |
| 12 | It would suit them very well to have the tenancy of the house for at least another year . |
| 13 | Some women may find it hard to talk about safer sex with new partners , simply because they do n't know them very well . |
| 14 | Rostov thought about Alexei 's behaviour and wondered if it was human nature for sons to hate their fathers , even when they did not know them very well . |
| 15 | But if it was perhaps even a little one your own age if you did n't know them very well it would be you . |
| 16 | I do n't know them very well . |
| 17 | When I was a child we had two bay-coloured horses , and I later got to know them very well . |
| 18 | In the su around about this area , the the local housing estates , a great many of our investing members just live practically round the corner , so we get to know them very well . |
| 19 | He said slowly , ‘ You do n't know me very well , Lissa , or you would understand that I do n't take kindly to facing the wrong end of a pair of shears . |
| 20 | ‘ What you 're saying , then , is that you do n't feel at ease with me , because you do n't know me very well . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Ah , but you do n't know me very well , Leonora . ’ |
| 22 | He adores humans and he does n't catch them very often . |
| 23 | They took a number of other unrelated objects , and finally they took both Mr and Mrs T in separate police cars , driving them very fast over the adjoining islands where the sea lapped the famous barriers , to the mainland . |
| 24 | And my nephew loves me very much |
| 25 | Give planaria a mild electric shock and they will respond by curling up ; touch them very gently with a rod , or squirt a mild jet of water at them , and they will not show any response at all . |
| 26 | He inadvisedly tried to launch himself very briefly in Hollywood . |
| 27 | She bade me tell you that she loves you very dearly , and has never ceased to miss you . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ He does n't know you very well if he thinks that , ’ she said faintly . |
| 29 | And really , I do n't know you very well , do I ? ’ |
| 30 | It is very important to realize that the body regulates itself very effectively in terms of its sleep requirements . |