Example sentences of "[adj] at the very [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Burgermeister , usually so jovial and noisy , had proved to be exceedingly sound , never saying anything at all at the rehearsal other than to praise the faint-hearted at the very end . |
| 2 | ‘ I could n't ; I should die of fright , ’ Claudia said , alarmed at the very thought of walking on stage in full view of an audience . |
| 3 | Last night , one parent said she was ‘ horrified at the very notion ’ of the current project . |
| 4 | And , however disreputable the world you move him through , it is as well at the very back of the mind to remember this . |
| 5 | YOUNG pretenders Curtis Robb and David Grindley last night discovered that it 's tough at the very top . |
| 6 | The rule in Rylands v. Fletcher thus ceases to be available at the very moment when the plaintiff needs it . |
| 7 | If I was lucky , Gav would be so shocked at the very idea I had had carnal knowledge of an aunt — even one of the not-really-an-aunt variety — that he would just pretend it had n't happened . |
| 8 | The little man had appeared shocked at the very idea that Alfred might be suspected of killing his brother yet he had gone on , with a certain relish , to provide a convincing motive — if a motive which has lain dormant for thirty years is still convincing . |
| 9 | Having read ( and heard ) so much about Delhi marriages , I was pleased at the very end of February actually to receive an invitation to one under the door . |
| 10 | You will either belong and adhere to this school of thought , or you will be outraged at the very suggestion . |
| 11 | Do you do that right at the very beginning ? |
| 12 | Whatever else may be done to improve public respect for law and order and a love of the truth , it is utterly vital that the sowing of the seeds of conscience be started in the young at the very beginnings of their lives . |