Example sentences of "very [adj] and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was very apprehensive and the fact that they took away the radio at the same time made our suspicions worse . |
| 2 | Almost colourless we found this very dry and a bit tart . |
| 3 | The yield in younger patients is likely to be very low and the development of alternative strategies to select those in whom a barium enema or total colonoscopy should be performed would be helpful . |
| 4 | No matter what we did we caught carp but still we found that 17lb was about the ceiling and with the bait situation looking very low and the prospect of the homeward journey the following morning we both decided to pack up the carp rods and fish all out for the cats . |
| 5 | Standing small and shaky before that vast desk , surrounded by all the trappings of success and power , I felt very helpless and the cigarette seemed about as much of a morale-builder as a pocket-handkerchief is a protection against a firing-squad . |
| 6 | He owned very little and the packing did not take long . |
| 7 | Very confusing and the fact that they 've stuck that label on there does n't help very much either . |
| 8 | The ability to recast an expression from one language into the form of another depends on reference to some underlying construct of meaning which may establish a resemblance between expressions which appear very different and a distinction between expressions which appear to resemble each other . |
| 9 | It is obvious that if the point in In re X ( A Student ) , 11 November 1991 , arose again , a more sophisticated analysis of what happened in 1837 would be required although we are far from convinced that the result would be very different and the history of that case has shown that it is a useful residual power for the judges to possess in exceptional circumstances . |
| 10 | She is very old and a bit soft in the head , you know ; my advice is to take this offer before she dies ! ’ |
| 11 | On examination of the bones he decided that they were very old and the smell that exuded was particularly obnoxious . |
| 12 | It 's very windy and a lot of my people have had troublew with the high winds , being knocked off the ridge . |
| 13 | There were the usual circulars , a few invitations to nothing very exciting and a batch of bills . |
| 14 | Sometimes when I , I write a poem I want to create a particular mood erm giving the piece erm a shape , a , a definite shape or just a shadowy shape erm and the overcoat in er Bon Jour Monsieur Gaugin , I found very , very expressive and the starting point for , for this particular poem I 'll hand this round to you know , with the name of the , the front , right I do n't , has anybody , if you already know this picture , does anybody actually know it already ? , no I start with the overcoat obviously erm very expressive , not just because it was , people wear over , overcoats in cold days , but it was the size of the coat and the shape of it and , and it gave me a weight , I felt , er I felt a very definite mood erm about this picture because of the coat and it was a , er a ejective mood that I , that I felt from that , and the stick in the erm hands of the women over the bridge gave me the sound for , for this poem would you like me to read as the , the thing being passed around , would that be ok ? |
| 15 | Jilly Fox did a rather well-informed feminist sketch comparing the chaplain 's sexist attitudes to those of the Ayatollah : it was n't very funny and the chaplain was not amused , although he wisely pretended to be . |
| 16 | Mother and Toddler classes are currently very popular and a leaflet on this type of class is being produced . |
| 17 | It 's very overgrown and the animal probably didn'y have any idea they were here |
| 18 | Ventilation in 19th century mines was very primitive and the air in the confined space in which a passage was being cleared , soon became foul and lacking in oxygen . |
| 19 | The mist was now so dense it was more like a sea fog , the humidity very high and the sweat dripping from my forehead as I leaned forward , my eyes straining to see through the murk . |
| 20 | The level of noise on the shop-floor was very high and the quality of hearing had to be carefully assessed and monitored and , if necessary , steps taken to prevent further deterioration . |
| 21 | It was very easy and the standard just became higher and higher . |
| 22 | She awoke aware of four things — it was dark ; the rain had stopped ; her T-shirt had pulled up and strong , warm arms rested protectively on her midriff ; and the back of her was very warm and the front of her was very cold . |
| 23 | She said : ‘ We value our former employees very much and every pensioner gets a hamper at Christmas . |
| 24 | The idea that a runner can win more by not trying too hard is not likely to be well received in the hard-bitten commercial world of sports retailing , but if the winter miles are currently very wearisome and every race is a struggle to gain a few seconds , you might try leaving your watch off at a race or two and see if the Zarei approach puts a bit of the enjoyment back into running . |
| 25 | Children were accustomed to assuming adult sex roles very early and the attainment of puberty was not signified by external manifestations of maturity . |
| 26 | It was still very early and the village of Axe was quiet , but morning sounds drifted faintly to her ears . |
| 27 | At the other end Thompson 's flag kick was headed into the net by Linighan wide of the far post but a linesman had his flag up very early and the effort did not count . |
| 28 | It was very dark and a clock chimed three somewhere in the distance . |
| 29 | When I awoke it was very dark and the fire had gone out . |
| 30 | For example , if music was being played in the background at the time the shots were being taken , the breaks at each shot change will be very noticeable and the remedy may then be to replace the original sound with a continuous background . |