Example sentences of "[was/were] very [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lowsons were reckoned to be very good farmers and they were very up to date . |
| 2 | It must be borne in mind that when the painter settled in the square at Ambleside , his house was very near to Wordsworth 's stamp office . |
| 3 | She was very near to crying . |
| 4 | Silence , and Ward turned to Iris Sunderby with a smile that was very near to a smirk . |
| 5 | It seemed to him that the spirit of the dead man was very near to him . |
| 6 | He was very soon to be forced to face the fact that things had moved on since 1939 . |
| 7 | And even then I , I would have sa thought he , he was very up to date . |