Example sentences of "give [pers pn] very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in theory cycling should n't give you very strong leg muscles . |
| 2 | They give me very great pleasure and delight . |
| 3 | Even when our bodies give us very clear signals that something is wrong , we will hardly ever take responsibility for any problems that we may incur . |
| 4 | The product however had begun to lag behind its 2D counterparts and this update brings it back in line , giving it very similar features to those in Release 2.4 — hence the jump in the numbering from 3.1+ to 3.4 . |
| 5 | We have 200 000 receptors per square millimetre , giving us very good resolution . |
| 6 | It is extremely light , low cut , very wide fitting — the widest I 've ever found for a long time — and together with an EVA insert into the sole unit , gave me very comfortable walking . |
| 7 | Ladies and gentlemen , he would say , Ladies and gentlemen , now it gives me very great pleasure to introduce the woman who is responsible for holding this whole show together ; the woman who first understood all those years ago that there was crying need for a place where all you lovely people could gather of an evening , the one that we all know and love , and so … would you please welcome on stage , the very lovely , the very talented … once again … our very own … and sometimes he would fade out , and not even say her name , and he would pause , he would make us wait , he would suspend his elegant hands over the keys ; and then , in that silence , he would play the first notes of the actual song itself . |
| 8 | Colleagues , can I now take , er , a moment of your time and it gives me very great pleasure to call upon the President to deliver his address to congress . |
| 9 | He had in prospect a time of truce , while Janet , an expert manager , in a trouser suit well adapted to the task , gave him very real help with the laying-up , but at the same time made a series of unacceptable comparisons between the caravan and Rochester . |
| 10 | Nihilist is the case but it risks confusion between Dostoevsky and Turgenev who may not have invented the word but certainly gave it very wide currency . |
| 11 | County and district councillors came along and after searching questions , agreed with our plan wholeheartedly and gave us very good advice . |
| 12 | Our guide Sam gave us very clear instructions — he did n't need to emphasise how important it was for us to do exactly as he said . |
| 13 | We got out at Pendre and Graham and the chief engineer gave us very detailed guided tours showing the extent of operations . |