Example sentences of "it [be] very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let Nonconformity ‘ only have courage to develop on its own lines , to be itself , and not a pale imitation of Anglican architecture , and the possibilities before it are very great . ’ |
| 2 | But wo n't it be very expensive ? ’ |
| 3 | " If we have been unable to give Spain greater well-being " , he said , " let it be very clear that this has been due to foreign incomprehension . " |
| 4 | I in particular , bearing in mind the point that er Mr i is making , that er newts seem to be as it were very choosy in where they er go , bearing in mind the existence of at least three other ponds in Skelton , I would like to know whe how er why it is or whether it is that newts are only found in this pond , and whether or not er the the survey has shown anything in either of er in any of the other ponds . |
| 5 | Oh well it were very poor I thought |
| 6 | He could still hear his music , as if it were very far away . |
| 7 | Whilst still a comparatively new system of management those who practised it were very pleased with the results . |
| 8 | ‘ Said it were very nice , very nice indeed — and then he choked , went a funny colour , ripped his collar open , waved his arms a bit , and dropped down dead . |
| 9 | They used to , it were very nice shop in those days and er then of course the next door to that fish shop , the other half going towards was . |
| 10 | and blowed , I bet it were very tight |
| 11 | th you er I mean if it were very heavy you 'd almost sort of be prepared for it to go , but you know when you 're s s standing with a , something quite light , and you might have been standing with it a little while in your hand , and then suddenly the hand goes and ca n't you see that 's ve that 's very upsetting , it makes you not very confident . |
| 12 | Those who saw it were very lucky . |
| 13 | I do n't like it being very stuffy . |
| 14 | … it being very narrow where we met it , the Driver of the Chaise in backing his Horses to avoid being drove over overturned his Chaise , but very providentially , blessed be Almighty God for it ! we received very little Injury , Nancys Face was a little bruised . |
| 15 | I do n't know how much machine time they would need on a daily basis , but if it 's just for updating files , I ca n't imagine it being very extensive . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's very weedy . |
| 17 | It 's very fattening . |
| 18 | Yeah he said it 's very long . |
| 19 | but it 's very long and I do n't know |
| 20 | It 's very graceful about one of those oscillating sprinklers , you know . |
| 21 | It 's very frustrating being in prison . |
| 22 | It 's very frustrating to fit a new drive , only to find you ca n't make it work because the cable wo n't reach . |
| 23 | It 's very frustrating because I 've never never known a client who knew what his losses were . |
| 24 | It 's very frustrating having to order different size disks when you 've already bought the product ! |
| 25 | It 's very frustrating to be treated like this , ’ he said . |
| 26 | It 's very frustrating for those who do want change . ’ |
| 27 | erm Oh definitely yes , I mean when we 're trying to play passes over the top of their defence and they 're getting cut or they 're going straight through to the goalkeeper , it 's very frustrating for us , but really it 's just a case of plugging away and trying to get things to come right . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's very early days — we only saw the first draft last month and it could be three years before it is implemented . |
| 29 | It 's very early , you see . ’ |
| 30 | Yeah I think on the North Sea , it obviously would have erm an effect on parts of our business , some parts more than others erm it 's very early to say exactly what , what effect it obviously in fact to the extent that it encourages the further development of existing fields that clearly benefits parts , parts of our business that are to do with completion equipment and development equipment . |