Example sentences of "at the very mention " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even Father had all but stood to attention at the very mention of the pucca angrez saab . |
| 2 | Yet , over the space of two days while waiting for Ryder to appear , guitarist Mark Day shows me his holiday snaps of Barbados , drummer Gaz Whelan is more preoccupied with the hassles of having a broken foot , while PD and Paul Ryder do n't so much brag as baulk at the very mention of drugs , seeming far more at home with talk of ‘ middle-eights ’ , ‘ mixing desks ’ and ‘ jamming grooves ’ . |
| 3 | She bursts into tears of pride at the very mention . " |
| 4 | She bursts into tears of pride at the very mention . " |
| 5 | ‘ That 's what you would do , I suppose , but Garry 's wife is one of those women who think they have an ideal marriage , and she would go into a decline at the very mention of another woman , so Garry is presenting her with concrete evidence that their marriage is over . ’ |