Example sentences of "he [verb] very [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made very few mistakes and so often picked out the right line on the greens , lines which at the time I doubted , that I left the decisions to him . ’ |
| 2 | Whilst sociological analysis is basic within Kuhn 's account , he offers very little in the way of sociological theory and offers no suggestions of how acceptable and unacceptable ways of reaching a consensus are to be distinguished . |
| 3 | Eight-year-old Peter comes from a home where he receives very little discipline . |
| 4 | He owned very little and the packing did not take long . |
| 5 | When Roeder began he found very little material and much that was written erroneously , even in the Dictionary of National Biography . |
| 6 | He devoted very little of his time to seeing foreigners . |
| 7 | But in the novel of which that screen is part , in the total enterprise , he matters very much and in different , crucial ways . |
| 8 | Of course , he has very little proof ( how could he have ? ) , but his various arguments are very persuasive . |
| 9 | If it can be shown to the satisfaction of the jury that the defendant had the intention , he has very little opportunity to exculpate himself on the grounds that he lacked mens rea , as will be explained further presently . |
| 10 | He has very few of the traditional trappings of the successful captain of industry . |
| 11 | He may be great in the eyes of the world , with his property and wealth , but he has very few friends to attend his funeral and never achieves the only thing he cares about . |
| 12 | Well he 's he he said he doubted he said he doubted very much if it was that . |
| 13 | He wants very much to take me inside for further ‘ questioning ’ . |
| 14 | So far , rather surprisingly in view of his family 's origins , he says very little , but he obviously understand much of what is said to him . |
| 15 | He found many rare species of bird , plant and insect upon his rambles , and understanding man 's destructive nature , he told very few folk the location of his finds . |
| 16 | But he seemed very little concerned . |
| 17 | It did n't show , of course ; he showed very little , was always still and dark-eyed and dark-browed . |
| 18 | He made use of the Cabinet-committee structure as a filter for business , though he chaired very few committees himself ( the main exceptions were the Economic Policy and Defence committees ) . |
| 19 | The reason for this was that he followed the methods of the scholastics ( medieval theologians ) whom he admired very much . |
| 20 | If you had a bloke like John tha that virtually ran the force for several years whether you liked him or whether you did n't he he he was efficient in running the force erm especially when Charlie was was into the erm in a big way and he spent very little time with Nottinghamshire John ran the force made the decisions and cracked on with it |
| 21 | He enjoyed very much hearing me talk about England — our laws , our universities , our great buildings . |
| 22 | On their last night in the house , Peter had to sleep on the floor , which he enjoyed very much . |
| 23 | As ever , he talked very little about his personal beliefs . |
| 24 | It was something that he took very much to heart , but to this day , she does n't see it that way . |
| 25 | He feels very much at home . |
| 26 | Wendy says : ‘ He feels very much that it is my baby , not at all jealous . |
| 27 | He knew very little about tests done on blood from bones , only that they could be carried out . |
| 28 | ‘ I could phone him with a problem and he had such insight that he could steer me through it , although he knew very little of the problems over here . ’ |
| 29 | He knew very little of what had happened , had been out of touch since the first report had reached the Embassy in Rome and he had started running . |
| 30 | The terrified young Frenchman tried to answer Sharpe 's questions , but either he knew very little or else he was cleverly hiding what he did know . |