Example sentences of "they very [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This they very nearly achieved . |
| 2 | We did a lot of talking , of course , and then it was decided that we could possibly raise some money by going to the League of Friends , which we did , and they very generously provided well in fact the whole total is about five thousand pounds , of which three and a half thousands represents the computer , and we 're about to go live , as it were , in a week or two . |
| 3 | But they very soon did , for within a few days , on October 19 , Keith made a speech in Edgbaston which demonstrated almost unbelievable ineptitude for someone in the running for the Leadership . |
| 4 | Well , they have a fight erm they very rarely attack us , but they very frequently fight amongst themselves , and it 's usually over something that 's happened previously , but a few stupid words can just spark something that could be ignored if everything else was all right , but it an insult on top of hundreds of insults will just tip them over . |
| 5 | Some were actually poised on the threshold of gentility , a state they could well afford to maintain , and to which they very frequently attained through the acquisition of real wealth . |
| 6 | It is valuable to reiterate these recommendations as they very clearly convey the rationale behind current trends : |
| 7 | In fact , computing people add yet another layer to this stack of definitions , though they very rarely make it explicit . |
| 8 | It is interesting to note that when they do discover some titbit amongst the bottom debris , they very rarely charge off with it as they normally do when picking up our hookbaits . |
| 9 | Those who dismissed the movies were also dishonest in the sense that they very rarely conceded that the whole tone of feature films had been moulded by politicians and largely middle-class pressure groups and religious organizations who had ceaselessly clamoured for censorship and for films to be morally edifying and uplifting . |
| 10 | The records tell us continually who holds the land ; they very rarely tell us who tills it . |
| 11 | And of course they 'd never They very rarely thought of washing clothes in tap water those days , it was all rainwater . |
| 12 | However , later on in the conversation she said they very rarely encountered juvenile offenders from grammar school , most would be educationally subnormal or at least well below average . |
| 13 | they do n't want to sit in the restaurant they very rarely do get them sitting in the restaurant I suppose to a certain extent other than the Sundays it 's just waste of space . |
| 14 | Well , they have a fight erm they very rarely attack us , but they very frequently fight amongst themselves , and it 's usually over something that 's happened previously , but a few stupid words can just spark something that could be ignored if everything else was all right , but it an insult on top of hundreds of insults will just tip them over . |
| 15 | The other thing I would say is this that the management , whilst they very rarely agree with what Eric has got to say I 've never met a member of management at any level , at any level that does n't respect what he 's got to say and that 's a tremendous , er psychological blow before they even get round the table , because he 's completely disarming and his record in terms as vic er for , of victories , for individual members and groups of mem er , members , er , is legendary and I think apart from his ability it 's the respect in which he 's held by , by everybody , by everybody . |
| 16 | Once in , the pain subsiding , they very deliberately move around so that the two lines are elsewhere — and what you are reading now looks like basic Sanskrit . |
| 17 | Once in , and pain subsiding , they very deliberately move around so that the two lines are elsewhere — and what you are reading looks like basic Sanskrit . |
| 18 | They very swiftly get down to basics , ask pertinent questions , build up a rapport , and do so away from the rest of the party , away from the reporters and press cameras . |
| 19 | And if they do , they very often go under just the same . |
| 20 | In 1773 when raw silk was difficult to obtain , the owner of a throwing mill in Sherborne wrote : … having discharged many of my hands which are either starving , or are become burdensome to the town , others are incessantly crying for a little work and could they obtain but a morsel of Barley-bread they are happy , they very often go days with little or no nourishment … the continued cries of the poor people complaining for want of the necessaries of life as well for want of employment is shocking indeed … and what is worse the overseers are not so bountiful to the necessitous as I could wish . |
| 21 | Battells have also pointed out that they very often receive separate orders from the same areas and it is suggested that to save on carriage etc . |
| 22 | Erm very common , you know s seventy three , twenty five , eighteen , erm they very often started at sort of seventy three or something like that . |
| 23 | They very often do n't know what the something else is going to be , but we tend to put time limits on what children should do and when they should do it . |
| 24 | Not only do these verbs inflect for person , they very often incorporate the person and/or object of the sentence . |
| 25 | They want to know that you know it , and they want to feel confident that if they ask you question you can answer it , but they very much want to know what it does for them and how much it 's going to cost them basically . |
| 26 | I know that the Labour party is likely to conduct a vendetta against part-time workers , many of whom are women , although when women are asked what they think about part-time work , they reply that they very much appreciate it . |
| 27 | This was just an excuse : the real reason they wanted to come was that they very much needed food at home . |
| 28 | All the children we spoke to stressed that the social worker from the placement agency was the family 's social worker and not their social worker , and this was a position of which they very much approved . |
| 29 | They very much enjoy having guests to stay on a house-party basis and they will arrange daily activities and entertainments for most evenings . |
| 30 | And they very seldom had a fire in it at all . |