Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [conj] very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , Joanna might get a bit depressed if very little farm work came along , but maybe Robert Sheldrake 's gloomy prediction would prove to be wrong . |
| 2 | As she was just under six foot tall and very slim , wore her dark hair closely cropped , and her face though free of make-up was not unattractive , the result was certainly striking . |
| 3 | A neighbour said : ‘ Suzannah is about six foot tall and very attractive . |
| 4 | Mrs Ivory is about 5ft 3ins tall and very slim with Oriental features and long black hair . |
| 5 | Keep blusher soft and very gentle . |
| 6 | Still Daalny lingered , as if minded to say or ask something more , her thin oval face sharply alert and her eyes half-veiled but very bright within the long dark lashes . |
| 7 | Almost all the food is grown at camp ; they bake their own bread and the food is not only 100% nutritious but very delicious . |
| 8 | But it was n't until 1912 , from the volcanic outcrop of Komodo in Indonesia 's Lesser Sundas , that the myth of the dragon became reality with the discovery of Varanus komodoensis — a running , swimming , tree-climbing lizard , over twelve feet long and very carnivorous . |
| 9 | Lavender Cottage is 400 years old and very picturesque . |
| 10 | Reg Finch , another swift promotion , forty years old and very decisive , had taken-over Dalby 's old sector in the Mediterranean covering France , Spain , Italy , Turkey and Switzerland . |
| 11 | She was about thirty years old and very beautiful . |
| 12 | Additionally the spine lengths were reduced and sweepback on the trailing edge made the tip panels narrow and very pointed . |
| 13 | Patients who used the service seemed satisfied , and in a self administered questionnaire 72 of the 85 who responded ( 87% response rate ) reported finding the service helpful or very helpful . |
| 14 | The other exciting thing was the leeches er because the monsoon had n't finished there were lots of leeches around , and I 'd imagined these huge things that were going to suck me to death , but they 're actually little , like , just very very tiny little worms , about erm an inch long and very thin and what they do is they sit on leaves and things and as you walk by they get flicked on to your boots or your socks and then they wiggle their way in and they , you ca n't feel them there , but what they do is they suck your blood until they explode |
| 15 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that very few people in the country will share any of the views of the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) ? |
| 16 | A mixed population of ECL cells and cells resembling P cells by the granule size was observed in patient no 5 while very heterogeneous cellular proliferation with a prominent ECL cell component was found in a fourth case ( case no 1 ) . |
| 17 | She is a TB X Welsh and very active . |
| 18 | They gave her some astonishing Ophir crystal that made her feel three metres tall and very sharp . |
| 19 | ‘ Walked on the race course before breakfast the air balmy and very delightful , great numbers of the blue mountain parrots were making their morning meal on a large kind of the Eucalypti — two of the beautiful Nankeen night herons passed over our heads and we heard the curious note of the coul [ cowl ] bird or bald-headed friar — returned with an excellent appetite — drew all day — in the evening John called me to look at the skin of a snake more than six feet long which James shot in the act of ascending a tree — also brought me some beautiful specimens of a climbing plant bearing thick clusters of cream colour blossoms . ’ |
| 20 | It is a lovely song , but it definitely sounds right on Radio 2 and very wrong on Radio 1 . |
| 21 | In a typical year it supports some three hundred brand new or very young ventures . |
| 22 | Described to the French government in April 1720 as very gallant , and able in both diplomacy and the sciences , he was nevertheless criticized by one of George I 's diplomats , St Saphorin , for being too inclined to sharp practice . |
| 23 | It is about six inches long and very slimy , with a greenish-grey skin on top and an orange-coloured belly underneath . |
| 24 | The Amazon knife-fish is about eight inches long and very odd-looking . |
| 25 | He was very concerned about his sexual prowess — and I found his attitude towards women crude and very thoughtless . ’ |