Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were n't so much being difficult as simply teasing , and it made for a very amusing if unproductive hour . |
| 2 | A pleasant floral aroma with woody undertones this tasted like a very dry pale sherry with bubbles which had a tannic aftertaste . |
| 3 | Those of you who trained under a very autocratic system , dominated by a strictly imposed hierarchy where nurses came somewhere close to the bottom of the pyramid , are likely to find the concept of accountability quite daunting . |
| 4 | East Lindsey is an area of Lincolnshire blessed with a very great variety of attractions of interests . |
| 5 | You get your own ego to face up to its own problems and to make its own decisions , er as I mentioned before a very painful process and a , and a , and a rather gruelling one . |
| 6 | But all she saw was slow , repeated , stumbling , coughing killings at which she retched in a very conventional English animal-loving way , which upset Monsieur Grimaud , who was an aficionado , and had been lecturing Frederica on the provenance and meaning of that word . |
| 7 | As the election approached , perceptions about party chances became more homogeneous and the predictability of different perceptions of Conservative and Alliance chances sank to a very low level : most voters thought that the Conservatives ' chances were good and that Alliance chances were poor . |
| 8 | The planners , the Planning Committee , and the Council found themselves at the centre of the great deal of public agitation in which the reputation of the Council sank to a very low level . |
| 9 | For they concentrated on a very formal identification of local politics . |
| 10 | Fiona tried on a very bright pair of shoes . |
| 11 | It was n't new of course but made of a very good material . |
| 12 | Her face looked anguished as if she had been secretly angry and victimized for a very long time and it was just beginning to seep out . |
| 13 | one of my first artists came through a very old friend called Richard Ogden who now manages paul McCartney . |
| 14 | It came as a very pleasant surprise to me when I learned that you were in the habit of spending some time in this part of the world . |
| 15 | The conjunction of low inflation and low unemployment came as a very pleasant surprise to those Keynesians who had feared that a policy commitment by governments to the goal of full employment would create an environment in which organized labour would press for ever higher levels of money wages . |
| 16 | Conversely , ‘ the simultaneous and combined economic and political struggle of European workers … helps account for the more articulated class character of [ their ] labour movements ’ ( Kassalow , 1982 , p. 210 ) directed against a very visible and expanding bourgeoisie and , in part , a response to a more repressive state apparatus ( Geary , 1981 ) . |
| 17 | It seemed like a very long time ago when I and others followed Lovat into this house . |
| 18 | But in what seemed like a very short period my mother died after a long illness . |
| 19 | The result was that very soon indeed afterwards my father came with a very sad but kind face in to the room where I sat alone and told me he was sure I should not do that sort of thing again . |
| 20 | Er and we came with a very strong view I thought certainly to conclusion and I did that er , that those things need strengthening and must be a in taking part of any further distraction er at Heathrow . |
| 21 | As a result , it was also decided to run a wire to each of the firemen 's houses which came within a very small radius of the works , and to put a wire between each night watchman and the central depot . |
| 22 | I came upon a very old woman dressed from hat to woollen stockings and high boots in black . |
| 23 | It is only during this century that statutory services have been developed and they came in a very piecemeal fashion . |
| 24 | He came in a very dignified society . |
| 25 | In contrast to Hocazade , Civizade came from a very favourable background from the point of view of the learned profession . |
| 26 | erm so what I 'm saying is my guess is , and it 's no more than that , that Shakespeare was probably conscious of a lot of it , but there 's also probably an area that came from a very rich and active unconscious . |
| 27 | erm So what I 'm saying is , my guess is , and it 's no more than that , that Shakespeare was probably conscious of a lot of it , but there 's also probably an area that came from a very rich and active unconscious . |
| 28 | I mean I think it 's the class thing as well really , because I can remember when I was erm leaving school erm and I went to the careers erm teacher for my interview and I said I 'd like to be a journalist and she looked at me and I came from a very poor working class background in Tottenham , and she said ‘ I 'm sure you could be a secretary or a shorthand typist if you really tried ’ . |
| 29 | She came from a very serious , Puritan family . |
| 30 | It came from a very smart left-hand catch by Hick , his sixth of the match , a reprimand by gesture to WCM for putting him down as having missed a catch ( Aqib ) in the Lord 's Test which actually fell an inch or two short of Hick 's fingers . |