Example sentences of "me [prep] the very [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Is n't that why you 've avoided me like the very plague ever since I 've been here ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I mean — have you been avoiding me like the very plague simply because of who I am ? ’ |
| 3 | Lindsay Kemp : ‘ David Bowie struck me from the very beginning as being very versatile and very ‘ up-front ’ and not in the least bit naîve . |
| 4 | This time she started to interrogate me from the very beginning . |
| 5 | ‘ But Ken was making it very clear to me from the very beginning that I was not going to get away with anything , ’ Pertwee told me . |
| 6 | And , ’ he went on before she could interrupt , ‘ you ca n't deny you were all over me from the very beginning . |
| 7 | My mother grabbed me at the very edge of the roof , just before I toppled the two storeys to the street . |
| 8 | In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates . |