Example sentences of "he [vb -s] very [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight-year-old Peter comes from a home where he receives very little discipline . |
| 2 | He has very great merit in many respects . |
| 3 | If it can be shown to the satisfaction of the jury that the defendant had the intention , he has very little opportunity to exculpate himself on the grounds that he lacked mens rea , as will be explained further presently . |
| 4 | Of course , he has very little proof ( how could he have ? ) , but his various arguments are very persuasive . |
| 5 | He has very long-term views , Machiavellian almost . |
| 6 | Now he has very emotional reasons for carrying out this work . |
| 7 | ‘ Yuri 's problem is that he has very fine hair , ’ said Anthony , carefully snipping feathery layers into the rather worried-looking star 's tresses . |
| 8 | He has very fine hair , resting timidly and lifelessly on his skull . |
| 9 | ‘ I had previously studied Charles 's chart and had noted that he has very unrealistic expectations of women . |
| 10 | He may be great in the eyes of the world , with his property and wealth , but he has very few friends to attend his funeral and never achieves the only thing he cares about . |
| 11 | ‘ I think he has a bit of pony or something in him somewhere , though , as he grows very hairy heels ! ’ |
| 12 | He 's not the sort of a man whom you can change by external circumstances , for I honestly think he puts very little value on externals . |
| 13 | He spends very little time there . |