Example sentences of "[pers pn] very [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Chairman , er , can I very briefly reply to what Councillor Parker has said , and then come on to my erm , uncontroversial question about our Erm , I think now is not the time to give a detailed reply to this .
2 I very clearly remember being at the records panel when I er er first arrived , and seeing erm Mr reaction when it was a a member of the party to my right which re , said well , as we have financial problems and as , as we have these documents , why ca n't they be photocopied and we 'll sell sell them off .
3 I very nearly brought it o
4 I very nearly took you then and there , standing up , in a cold dark cave … after that I needed a little time to sort through my feelings , sabiha tieghi … ’
5 ‘ She was starin' at me so rudely , ’ Lou recounted one day , ‘ I very nearly said , ‘ Wait a minute , I 'll get a basin for your eyes ’ . ’
6 I very nearly choked .
7 Having said that , one friend is staying over until Boxing Day , and I very nearly lied to her .
8 I very nearly married a man called Flugtermans , ’ she said — 'a dentist . ’
9 First of all I thought he was just some little fledgling that had fallen out of its nest , but I very soon realized there was more to him than that . "
10 But I very soon noticed that , over the two beds nearest to mine , was the highly interesting word ‘ spiritualist ’ .
11 But I very soon found that I was much more like the companionable dog !
12 Working with with the with the cow man , but I very soon got tired , I 'd be begging to be allowed back into the stable because the horses were my first love .
13 Resented by the air crews as well as the travelling public , it was not a good atmosphere in which to work , and I very soon decided it was not for me .
14 You know I very carefully picked up my glasses and put them in the case and put it in my in there
15 I very carefully refrained from learning French . ’
16 but I very rarely fry any thing anyway
17 ‘ But then I very rarely come into contact with Jeff .
18 Well I thought you 'd come cos I very rarely get many people in much before er
19 " As a matter of fact , I very rarely speak to him . "
20 Do n't become obsessive about weighing yourself — I very rarely step on the scales .
21 I very rarely sit down and have a meal now .
22 I very rarely go out except to union branch meetings — they get me out and they cost nowt .
23 I very rarely go out at weekends but if someone sees you in a pub once they assume you must be a real nightclubber .
24 I 'm sorry to say I do n't , no , but I very rarely find anybody from the university , with one exception — Homeless in Sussex , I think there are two or three people there .
25 I very rarely feel any curiosity about Christabel 's life — it 's funny I even feel a sort of squeamishness about things she might have touched , or places she might have been — it 's the language that matters , is n't it , it 's what went on in her mind — ’
26 Let's see , I very rarely have money , but we 've got some money .
27 If I 'm recording on eight-track I very rarely record the drums — I just have them running off the C-Lab system onto a couple of channels , and record voice , guitars and bass on the eight-track . ’
28 Er and I well remember er even as early as nineteen nineteen the election which took place immediately after world war one , I remember being er sort of dragged round the streets , you know , er I think it was enjoyable , I do n't know er by my mother , er attending these street meetings , er I I I very well remember it because I had a a a new coat , a new coat for for er for this particular venture , and er the two things you know are fairly deep in my memory .
29 But I ve I ve I very well remember that one .
30 Delightful as it was to meet pleasant company in such an unlikely place , I very badly wanted to exchange our fell citations on the other side of this rock .
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