Example sentences of "[was/were] very [adj] [coord] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Victor Frankl wrote of a survey which was conducted on a large number of Harvard University graduates who were very dissatisfied and regarded their lives as meaningless despite the high material success of their work . |
| 2 | Our traditional British reserve made them think we were very hostile and resented them being here , and their extrovert camaraderie we regarded as showing off . |
| 3 | She especially liked the Supersilent 2000 as it was very powerful and dried her hair quickly . |
| 4 | I was very young and shot anything and everything , but he gave me lots of advice . ’ |
| 5 | I was very young and shot anything and everything , but he gave me lots of advice . ’ |
| 6 | The tin was just wide enough for her to lie on , but it was very hot and burned her , so that she had to keep moving her bare legs . |
| 7 | ‘ He was very likeable and had lots of friends . |
| 8 | But Stephen was very helpful and gave me a lot of encouragement . ’ |
| 9 | He was very friendly and told me he was a cripple , unable to work , but he and his wife managed on a small pension ; there was no bitterness in his voice . |
| 10 | ‘ He was very friendly and told us other people , but no couples , had come forward claiming to be in his picture . ’ |
| 11 | He was very tired and found it hard to concentrate for long periods of time . |
| 12 | She was very frightened and felt she was dying , irreversibly something was happening , there was a sort of imminence but she could not pinpoint it . |
| 13 | He was very hungry and answered her query absently . |
| 14 | ‘ I said I was very interested and gave my credit card number as requested . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Initially it was very disconcerting and made me feel very self-conscious , ’ she said . |
| 16 | ‘ I was very mature and said I was very pleased for them both and that dad really needed a woman to look after him . |