Example sentences of "and [pron] very [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know that the Trojan War , you know erm , what 's described in the Iliad and the Odyssey to the kiddies and er all these Greek and Greek heroes , we know that war actually happened , but it happened an awful long time before these poems were written and er Freud 's view is that what happens in a culture is there 's some initial traumatic event like the French Revolution or Trojan War , there 's a period of latency during which it seems to be forgotten about and nothing very much happens anyway , and then at a later stage it comes back again , there 's a return of a repressed and er Freud erm Freud quotes one or two other examples , er of the same kind of thing and Mike 's example is a very good one albeit er perhaps it 's good because it 's so recent , so the point you 're making Mike is that are you saying that Freud 's analogy is , is credible where French history and even industrial relations is concerned that there was a trauma , the Revolution of seventeen eighty nine , there were latency periods and then this kept coming back from the repressed time and time again ? |
| 2 | Having said that , one friend is staying over until Boxing Day , and I very nearly lied to her . |
| 3 | Resented by the air crews as well as the travelling public , it was not a good atmosphere in which to work , and I very soon decided it was not for me . |
| 4 | MH : And I very often have several paintings on the go , particularly oils . |
| 5 | When giving instruction in thermal soaring , I try to insist that students go on attempting to find lift until about 5–600 feet , and I very often explain my own thoughts and precautions as they do the flying . |
| 6 | Immediately after the 1983 general election the CPRS was disbanded and I very much doubt it will ever be resurrected . |
| 7 | And I very much hope you do . |
| 8 | Leslie and I very much enjoyed the situation , though I felt just a little guilty at flaunting a privilege denied to my friends . |
| 9 | You have n't ‘ become a poor correspondent ’ at all , and I very much enjoyed your last letter , thankyou . |
| 10 | Up to that time I had very limited opportunities to conduct and I very much wanted to direct a real concert . |
| 11 | Right I 'm convinced such a good breed and you very kindly rigged this Topper up for me so well you wo n't mind if I take it for a spin will you ? |
| 12 | Like everything else in the States the helpings are larger than life and you very soon learn to resist the temptation to start the meal with an appetiser . |
| 13 | erm a great deal is talked about democracy in schools and you very often have all kinds of organisations allegedly which take democratic decisions . |
| 14 | And she very rarely does that . |
| 15 | So here Belinda was , with that naked feeling she always got when she looked at her wet hair and towel-draped neck under the bright lights of a salon , and she very much hoped that Faye was right about the end result looking ‘ fabulous ’ , because she was determined to show everyone at drinks this evening that she was just as soignée , just as at ease in a smart social gathering as they were . |
| 16 | The important debate in my opinion that we shall have this Committee stage and it is for that reason and also because for four-and-a-half years which I think is regarded as a very long time , I was answerable for police affairs er with the Home Secretary in another place , as the Noble Lord , Lord Callaghan will remember , many years ago , it goes back to January nineteen fifty-eight when I became Under Secretary and he was political advisor to the Police Federation and we very rarely disagreed I 'm happy to say . |
| 17 | And one very well worked on example here concerns that of er pancreatic beta cells which secrete insulin in response to glucose . |
| 18 | To the Idealists , man was essentially ‘ a social creature ’ and one very much bound up with the State . |
| 19 | We did a lot of talking , of course , and then it was decided that we could possibly raise some money by going to the League of Friends , which we did , and they very generously provided well in fact the whole total is about five thousand pounds , of which three and a half thousands represents the computer , and we 're about to go live , as it were , in a week or two . |
| 20 | The use of the tampon creates the right atmosphere for that bacteria to breed , and they very quickly start to attack the immune system of the body . |
| 21 | And they very seldom had a fire in it at all . |
| 22 | The people I knew had a terrific dread of it , and they very rightly dreaded it . |
| 23 | I here were fans suspended from the ceilings in each of the rooms but in Owen 's view all they did was to move hot air from one place to another and he very rarely switched his on . |
| 24 | The Lowther mines round Workington had made their owner the ‘ richest commoner in England ’ ; and Appleby School was so good that George Washington 's brothers were sent there from Virginia to be educated , and he very nearly followed them himself . |
| 25 | He was close behind her as they rounded the L-bend of the restaurant — and he very nearly cannoned into her when she suddenly stopped dead . |
| 26 | And he very kindly shows Howard all over the house and garden . |
| 27 | As a child Vidor had hated the Military Academy at San Antonio and he very much wanted to make ‘ an honest war picture ’ that would correct the excessive jingoism of the normal Hollywood war film . |
| 28 | He had n't yet been appointed as Home Office Pathologist in succession to old Dr. Stoddard and he very much wanted to be . |
| 29 | they have stated that all use of animals must be justified and it very carefully policed by the Home Office , as well as locally . |
| 30 | ‘ It takes a lot out of you to do anything well and it very often involves working long hours , but I would hate to believe I am a total workaholic . |