Example sentences of "[verb] very [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Kalmu was launched on a highly successful career as a shamanistic seer and miracle-worker which enabled him to acquire both wealth and power and hence to compensate very effectively for the severe disabilities under which he laboured on account of his low caste origins . |
| 2 | The temperature could be regulated very exactly for the different needs of caldarium and tepidarium . |
| 3 | But we 'll watch very carefully for the three Luxembourgs at the end of the week , just in case he 's planning a fresh revolt on the stage . ’ |
| 4 | This will do very well for the sort of story that is a combination of the novel of humour ( a story of cumulative comic events ) and the blueprint detective story . |
| 5 | ‘ This will do very well for the moment , ’ he murmured , nibbling her ear , his hands finding at last the soft flesh between her thighs . |
| 6 | This is because humans and dogs rely most on chasing and trapping their prey , whereas cats prefer to lurk in ambush and listen very carefully for the tiniest sound . |
| 7 | It also compensated very thoroughly for the disaster of her relationship with Guy , who received short shrift when he telephoned on his return to London from Wales . |
| 8 | Within the overall pattern we must look very carefully for the local variations , realize the implications of both soil and climate , and plan our holding to make the most of the resources . |
| 9 | Whereas previously those who had wealth to bequeath typically provided very handsomely for the eldest son , and at a much reduced level for the rest of their children , a practice became common which implied that children had roughly equal claims on a parent 's resources , with some distinction made on grounds of gender so that women and men inherited different kinds of property . |
| 10 | Our academic staff will have to compete very hard for the research money to continue their activities , while at the same time maintaining the quality of the teaching they offer students . |
| 11 | He came in with the ideas , give the drivers and conductors everything they asked for whereby my training had always been to only give them what they were really entitled to , not give them anything extra but he gave them the earth and that erm did n't sort of go very well for the new Manager who came in , he had a lot of undoing to do there , that this fella had given away , in his six or seven weeks there . |
| 12 | Since then it had gone very badly for the small Halfling regiment . |
| 13 | Once I know how fast my ‘ feeder is emptying , or have made it empty at the pace I require , I cast very frequently for the first twenty minutes or so — as fast as the emptying of the ‘ feeder will allow — and then slow down only just enough to keep a steady trickle of feed through the swim . |
| 14 | I slung the letter back into the middle of the pile of correspondence and headed very quickly for the door . |
| 15 | The initial rate of expansion also would have had to be chosen very precisely for the rate of expansion still to be so close to the critical rate needed to avoid recollapse . |
| 16 | There is also the point that district society presidents are all volunteers and work very hard for the good of the district society and the Institute and it is a pity if they can not be allowed some enjoyment from their endeavours and also make new friendships which will last a lifetime . |
| 17 | External examiners work very hard for the Modular Course and play an important part in the progressive assessment of students . |