Example sentences of "[pron] very [adv] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overwhelmed by her publicity , Amaranth finished her breakfast , and set out for the Grand and Harvey , doing her very best to subdue a worm of doubt . |
| 2 | Great practical achievements jostle with the expected financial and administrative problems but throughout it is a story of people doing their very best to improve the health and welfare of animals of all shapes and sizes and in all circumstances . |
| 3 | Indeed , once a psychic has become established it seems that nothing — not the most detailed confession , not the most damning exposure — can dent the confidence of believers-And , not content with continuing to believe the evidently fraudulent , they do their very best to draw the exposers into the net . |
| 4 | The Foreign Office advised him very strongly to take no part in the transaction , but this was in fact an encouragement . |
| 5 | As a result one male , the dominant of the two , does his very best to keep the subordinate from mating , while the female does her best to get both males to mate with her . |
| 6 | It would suit them very well to have the tenancy of the house for at least another year . |