Example sentences of "[not/n't] very [adj] at the " in BNC.

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1 He 's not very well at the moment .
2 But LFF evidence tends to corroborate suggestions that this may be because such film-making is just not very good at the moment .
3 would n't knock he would n't come down at all and then the everywhere else were knock some off if the market 's not very good at the moment .
4 They were not very good at the , he had forgotten all the best bits .
5 Ay , I 'm not very good at the old styling lark , I 'll say .
6 Well I 'm not very good at the ages like I mean she could be older
7 This male — female difference in mortality was not very marked at the start of the century but has now emerged strongly .
8 It is clear in talking to Walter , as he nears the end of his career , that while he has greatly enjoyed his job working with students , he is saddened by the fact that prospects for young people are not very promising at the present time .
9 Cos I 'm not very hungry at the moment .
10 At Amsterdam he talked out of a vast tradition which otherwise was not very articulate at the meeting .
11 Imran , 39 , said he was not very optimistic at the moment because the injury ‘ has not improved at all since I played the World Cup final ’ .
12 CASWELL is n't very stealthy at the best of times : stand him within ten feet of a fragile object and he 'll break it just by looking at it .
13 I mean I did go to Denman , but I was n't very well at the time and I did n't get round the house so I would like to go myself .
14 Normally I like looking through books — you know , if they got nice pictures and that in them , but I du n no — I just ai n't very interested at the moment .
15 I did my ‘ let's invade Poland ’ impersonation , which is n't very funny at the best of times .
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