Example sentences of "[noun sg] very [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 As historians are very much writing as the product of their times , Coleridge as the poet wrote poetry very immediately as the result of his state at that particular time .
2 I wo n't feel ‘ complete ’ until we have at least one more baby — but I dare n't bring up the subject very often as my husband just gets more and more adamant .
3 I gripped my mum 's hand very tightly as we walked along the playground .
4 Said Bennett : ‘ If there was any repetition of an incident similar to the one involving Devon Malcolm ( at Jamshedpur ) then we would have to consider the position very seriously as to what action we took next . ’
5 I did not like the idea very much as Sid was a smoker , and if he lit up during the night it was possible that we both could end up with a Blighty , or worse !
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