Example sentences of "it very [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a honey bee , for instance , encounters a dead bee in the hive , it very properly tosses it out of the colony . |
| 2 | In 1660 the Company of Royal Adventurers had been formed to look for gold , but it very soon realized that the switch to using slaves in the West Indies to grow sugar had transformed the trading situation , and that the Dutch had done very well out of the new developments in the British West Indies . |
| 3 | But it very soon became clear that any mention of a maximum was unnecessary and , with hindsight , it can be seen as a future source of embarrassment . |
| 4 | We planted the major part of the scheme in three rows with the intention of eventually coppicing the smaller varieties but it very soon became obvious that the grass cutting was too big a job for our ancient mower . |
| 5 | they have stated that all use of animals must be justified and it very carefully policed by the Home Office , as well as locally . |
| 6 | Erm s that 's my general s there 's no doubt that there are a great deal of activities there as always of course when one is spending a lot of new money quite rapidly , one has to monitor it very carefully to make sure that it 's being effectively spent , and I 'm sure the director and this committee will continue to do that . |
| 7 | It very rarely happens that you take several fish in one period and then nothing for the remainder of the time you spend on the water . |
| 8 | It very rarely happens to me . |
| 9 | And when the term ‘ man ’ , is applied to categories of work — chairman , foreman , spokesman — it becomes clear that although it is meant to imply both sexes , it very frequently implies exactly what it says , spokesman . |
| 10 | The advantage of having a text in computerised form is that you can find things in it very easily using computerised search techniques , and you can do more complicated searches than you ever could with a printed concordance . |
| 11 | It very nearly made me give up the entire project . |
| 12 | But it very nearly had to be postponed . |
| 13 | I , I do n't tend to do it like that at all , I do it very nearly go , it 's on the wrong side unfortunately . . |
| 14 | It was not hype or cleverly taken pictures designed for ‘ sophisticated ’ audiences , sated daily by instant coverage of war and disaster ; the problem is real enough — and in real terms , it very nearly defies description . |
| 15 | It very nearly did n't happen . |
| 16 | It very nearly did at Verdun . |
| 17 | But they had it very well arranged , the Germans did . |
| 18 | ‘ Little bits of it very well written . ’ |
| 19 | No he has n't thought about it very well has he ? |
| 20 | It must , however , be said that it is by no means crystal clear that this forms the mental element of the ‘ species ’ torts of unlawful interference with contract and unlawful means conspiracy ( indeed , in the case of the latter it very probably does not ) and it is not easy to see how the species can differ in this respect from the genus . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , he felt that it was only correct that the recipient of such a gift should also feel at ease there , and indeed it very quickly became the ‘ home ’ of the Queen as well . |
| 22 | At the A.G.M. , the committee meeting that followed and at the Annual Dinner that evening , contributions for Judith 's leaving present were asked for and it very quickly became apparent how highly Judith had been regarded . |
| 23 | With its clear identity and superior taste , it very quickly became the market leader . |
| 24 | ‘ At first we tried breeze blocks , ’ Sally explains , ‘ but it very quickly occurred to us that the only way was to do it properly , using original bricks . ’ |
| 25 | On the other hand , where maggots are regularly fed into the water in swims which bream frequent , it very often happens that they take over completely and all other baits , including bread , are ignored almost entirely . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | I go about in a wheelchair and someone who pushes it very often goes into a shop and says , ‘ Look here , you have bought rather a lot of things I think you had better give a cheque for them — now I ? I write the cheque out , dear , and you shall sign it . ’ |
| 28 | Not only does development of this kind damage the setting , it very often fails to produce the promised restoration . |
| 29 | do n't suppose you adjust it very often do ya ? |
| 30 | Does it very much depend on the size ? |