Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at the very [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paige said quickly , heart thumping at the very idea . |
| 2 | With the skeg placed at the very back , there is also less chance of spin out . |
| 3 | The practitioner travels in all directions , executing various movements , with the final technique ending at the very point where he began . |
| 4 | ‘ The ideal milieu , ’ says the reply from the WCC , ‘ would be in a Third World country ( where ) the ‘ laboratory ’ for research lies at the very door-step of the academic institution . |
| 5 | The frequency of political discussions rose sharply between the pre-campaign week and the final campaign , but then it continued to rise steadily throughout the campaign to peak at the very end . |
| 6 | To the Israelis , however , and to their supporters in the Jewish diaspora , the same question struck at the very morality of Zionism . |
| 7 | A feeling of failure lies at the very heart of Serb nationalism , and with that come all the various justifications for this failure : all the various Cominterns , masonries and their unbelievable plots . |
| 8 | Somehow or other that piece of parchment and the seed cake lie at the very heart of the murder and they must know something about both . |
| 9 | The band performed at the very peak of their live power and the volatile Scottish crowds responded accordingly . |
| 10 | His room lay at the very end of the corridor , beyond the locked doors of closets and bedrooms and attic steps . |
| 11 | In the back of the car , Henrietta and Samantha made exaggerated vomiting sounds at the very thought of it , and Jacqueline joined enthusiastically in the pantomime . |
| 12 | Signs that there had been loss of control appear at the very beginning of James 's reign when commissioners hearing private suits to the King were ordered not to give reversions to places of consequence . |
| 13 | This unforeseen situation developed at the very time when local authorities were also facing the problems of reorganisation and of the introduction of structure planning . |
| 14 | Indeed it had and the Nonconformist minister stood at the very centre of the Nonconformist world we are discussing . |
| 15 | A similar problem arises at the very beginning of the Bible , in the creation stories . |
| 16 | One further return to Carolingian precedent occurred at the very end of Louis VII 's reign , when coinage from the king 's mints and bearing his image began to circulate outside the royal demesne for the first time since the late ninth century . |
| 17 | It 's from both of them , repeated verbatim despite the howls of protest raised at the very idea of it all . |
| 18 | Colleagues , union de-recognition strikes at the very heart of the trade union movement , and in preparing to face this challenge , the G M B must be at the forefront of the fight . |