Example sentences of "very [adv] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maxim lifted him very gently to a sitting position . |
| 2 | Only two days after meeting Julie by the Serpentine in Hyde Park matters had come very quickly to a head . |
| 3 | As for London , a three-fold increase in tonnage cleared did not lead very quickly to a solution to the severe congestion of the Pool , on which was concentrated a cargo handling facility employing 120,000 men . |
| 4 | Silence , and Ward turned to Iris Sunderby with a smile that was very near to a smirk . |
| 5 | Even though there are both specific and general exemptions from this provision it is so important to the client that the solicitor must be at pains to explain its effect very carefully to an applicant for legal advice . |
| 6 | The warm , somewhat muted , colours lend themselves very well to a tapestry design . |
| 7 | They 're hardly going to take very kindly to a woman poking her nose into their affairs , are they ? ’ |
| 8 | The second type can not get away with anything , and must keep very precisely to a set number of calories , weighing and measuring food carefully , in order to shed weight . |
| 9 | This not only marked the end of the Brezhnev Doctrine , it also heralded a rapid disintegration of the Soviet position in Eastern Europe , and brought the Cold War very definitely to an end . |