Example sentences of "do a very [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Great-Aunt Jane did a very strange thing . |
| 2 | I have to confess , I 'm afraid — and now we have come to the point of this long and circumstantial detour , of a sort which I assure you will not recur in these reports — that under the pressure of the circumstances I did a very foolish thing . |
| 3 | So she did a very brave thing . |
| 4 | ‘ He did a very bad thing , ’ Sarah said slowly , ‘ but I feel sorry for him now . |
| 5 | The author draws the conversation to a close with the comment that Murray was still too young to realise that ‘ fighting under any circumstances is a dreadful business , and that the person who gives the cause for the fight does a very wicked thing , utterly hateful in the sight of God . |