Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] very [adj] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one was really sorry to see her go as she was very expensive to maintain and had never been very effective as a revenue vessel . |
| 2 | They were very tricky to manipulate and inconsistent , however , several photographers achieved extremely high standards with the process . |
| 3 | They were very tricky to manipulate and inconsistent , however , several photographers achieved extremely high standards with the process . |
| 4 | As technology made itself available to people like me , it was very natural to try and use it . |
| 5 | There was a small amount of blood-stained fluid in the bag and staff nurse explained to the nurses that it was very important to record and report the amount and type of drainage via the colostomy . |
| 6 | We worked on gut feeling and it was very difficult to control and manage all the development work because of the technology involved . |
| 7 | Until recently , the division used Lotus 1-2-3 to handle its consolidation : ‘ It was extremely flexible and reasonably quick , but it was very difficult to maintain and highly reliant on one person . ’ |
| 8 | Though Will was distracted by crowds and other outside influences , he was very quick to learn and Trish felt that he had the makings of a dressage horse . |