Example sentences of "so very [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One did not behave like that in a public place with a young man , suitable or otherwise , and John was so very much otherwise . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's a lovely piano , and not so very much out of tune . |
| 3 | Kinloss was a pleasant environment and the locals were extremely kind to the alien invasion , but one felt so very much out of the hurly burly of wartime England , this was made particularly clear when pupils I had trained returned for their rest period , and one did get the message that my operational background was no longer valid or right to pass on to the crews coming forward for conversion to twin-engined aircraft . |
| 4 | When I think of it nowadays and I see children so very going round to the various churches that when people used to say about ministers well . |
| 5 | ‘ We get so very tired here in the islands . ’ |
| 6 | He looked so very tired still , with shadowed unshaven cheeks , and there were deep lines running from nose to mouth that Kate did n't remember seeing before . |
| 7 | And this man went to another church not so very far away so we knew what happened and certainly we were very glad we accepted our doctor 's opinion . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's sounding bad , ’ Private Charlie Weller spoke of the distant gun-fire , which did not really sound so very awful yet , but Weller was feeling a flicker of nervousness and wanted the relief of conversation . |
| 9 | Nor does the familiar bogy of the French Minister of Education , said to know exactly what every child at school is learning that minute , when he looks at his watch , seem so very alarming even if it conformed in any way with the truth . |
| 10 | Nobody seemed to want sugar or chocolate dogs , and the cat is n't so very popular either . |