Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun sg] very [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Governors should take any grievance relating to employment very seriously and give proper consideration to it through a fair grievance procedure . |
| 2 | The man had come to life very considerably in discussing his job and a formidable personality was emerging . |
| 3 | In the case of the weak interaction the ‘ balls ’ must be very heavy , because the force is so feeble and has such a short range : it would be difficult to throw a rugby ball made of lead very far , very often . |
| 4 | Since , in the last stage of the reform 's passage , the State Council reduced the maximum size of peasant allotments to a point where many existing peasant holdings exceeded it , the provision for " trimming " came into operation very frequently . |
| 5 | As you will remember from Chapter 2 Alexander himself suffered from asthma very badly as a child . |
| 6 | These have grown in number very rapidly in recent years as renewing the attractiveness of the centre through environmental improvement , including pedestrianisation , has been adopted as a competitive response to the growth of out-of-town shopping . |
| 7 | all artists should look for management very early on . |
| 8 | Mixtures of the large-flowered kinds are likely to be best for naturalising , as they are often sold in bulk very cheaply for this purpose . |
| 9 | This is going to work very well . |
| 10 | ‘ In any case , I shall be going to bed very soon , I am rather tired . ’ |
| 11 | I hope that , given the work done so far to design and cost the scheme , you can have tenders to hand by then on the basis that construction would begin on site very soon after a decision at that meeting . |
| 12 | He rates the rush he gets from Ecstasy very highly : ‘ It 's like you 've just scored a goal in a football match for three hours . ’ |
| 13 | Jay had not fallen in love very often . |
| 14 | Doctor Rossitter said it was a nasty burn , and when he came downstairs after dressing it , he talked to Breeze very seriously , saying that Susan was suffering from strain and must have a light but nourishing diet , including plenty of poultry and fresh fruit — and a daily glass of champagne ! |
| 15 | He is cradled and cosseted above the earth and introduced to gravity very gently . |
| 16 | I went on board very quietly this time because I thought if she was n't on her own I could retreat . |
| 17 | Either he had gone to ground very effectively and was in hiding , or — and this was a rumour that spread increasingly amongst the cast — he had killed himself . |
| 18 | If a home help had been put in he would probably have gone down hill very fast . |
| 19 | We as a distributor never want to get into assembly very seriously , but it may be necessary for the future . |
| 20 | The services are often put into operation very quickly . |
| 21 | If you are worried about this problem then it is worth knowing that the radiation decreases in strength very rapidly with distance and most of it comes out of the back of the monitor . |
| 22 | … Everywhere the fancy , unaided by earlier fancies , sets to work very busily in these fields . |
| 23 | Broccoli ca n't get on fork very well can it ? |
| 24 | The second thing Artemis remembered was being put to bed very early , so early that tea had hardly been cleared . |
| 25 | One example which springs to mind very powerfully at the moment is the notion of organisation charts and the ubiquitous phrase ‘ senior management team ’ . |
| 26 | I thought that a smacked bottom and being sent to bed very early that evening was hardly just reward for aping my elders . |
| 27 | This assumption appears to be one that children take to heart very early , and rely on extensively as they acquire the meanings of their first language . |
| 28 | Conversely , those who decide to return to work very soon after having a baby get the message that they are neglecting their child . |