Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] to the very " in BNC.
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| 1 | The current advert for the Washburn Mercury guitar revolts me to the very depths of my soul . |
| 2 | He drove her to the very edge of ecstasy and then , as the quivering tide of sensation gathered momentum , he tipped her over and down into the fiery vortex . |
| 3 | There was a restlessness in the time that communicated itself everywhere and to everyone , that communicated itself to the very sounds in Britain 's air , the stones beneath Britain 's feet . |
| 4 | Heat flared along her veins , ripple after ripple of heady sensation that shook her to the very depths . |
| 5 | Desire shook her to the very foundations of her being . |
| 6 | To use the landscape itself as the stage or background for artistic expression takes us to the very boundaries of art until , as we step across , we realize that the whole of life is , or could be , Art . |
| 7 | Tragically the story of God 's wrestling match makes all too good sense , and a tale which bears so clearly the marks of its primitive beginnings can take us to the very summit of Calvary , and deep into the still broken heart of God . |
| 8 | I wanted to drive her to the very edge of despair . |
| 9 | My fridge album is really going to test the list broker , push him to the very limit . |
| 10 | Ruth swung to see his eyes had changed to cold hostility and the set of his jaw was so damned determined it chilled her to the very marrow of her bones . |
| 11 | But consider how He was heard : certainly not by having the cup taken away , but in being … supported while He drank it ; and in victoriously accomplishing His grand design through drinking it to the very dreg . ’ |
| 12 | These questions take us to the very heart not only of recent theological debate about Barth , but of the inner problematic of the entire development of modern theology as we are tracing it . |
| 13 | ‘ I think from then on it was fairly clear that he was going to make it to the very top , ’ one retired civil servant recalled . |
| 14 | Of the reasons why females so often fail to make it to the very top , two are basic : some of the best women managers do not achieve their full potential in business because they do not know how exceptional they are , and others fail to get a boardroom seat because they lack the confidence . |
| 15 | Boswell brings us to the very bones — literally — of their excursion to the churchyard behind the stable-block . |