Example sentences of "[det] [noun] at the very [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | England A ( 456–7 dec ) drew with Essex ( 317–8 dec ) A RARE century from Derek Pringle provided some spice at the very death in an opening to the season which had been all but strangled at birth by the bad weather . |
| 2 | He had apparently had the misfortune to be dumped at the end of this bus-queue at the very moment when cinemas , dance-halls and public-houses were spewing forth their patrons on to the pavements . |
| 3 | It is curious that thinkers should explore the logic of rational conduct without coming to terms with this phenomenon at the very centre of their own experience . |
| 4 | So are we saying after all these balances are done , that statement at the very end end of December therefore . |
| 5 | " The Orthodox clergy and Church in the western area " , he said , " will not assume the status appropriate to their rank so long as this same clergy at the very centre of the state remain in their present condition and on their present level " . |