Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] at [art] very " in BNC.

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1 I was terrified out of my wits at the very idea .
2 Many of those anomalies were identified by my colleagues at the very outset of the poll tax escapade .
3 It is a paradox that the more Ministers learn about the complex and uncertain causes and circumstances of crime , the less dogmatic they become in their opinions at the very moment when , as Whitelaw found to his cost , they are most vulnerable to censure by their own supporters .
4 In the mornings I used to sit out in the warm sun of our terrace and read the travellers ' descriptions of the Delhi they knew from their visits at the very apex of the Mughal Empire .
5 UBI A girl who lifts her skirts at the very moment you wish she would
6 Both features resembled their names to a baffling degree but , despite this , Abu was moved to expound upon them with such fervent body language that we nearly plunged into the ravine and terminated our lives at the very lip of the sacred symbol of where we had begun it .
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