Example sentences of "[was/were] very [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silence , and Ward turned to Iris Sunderby with a smile that was very near to a smirk . |
| 2 | Two years ago , when the prospect of moving was first raised , erm , I was very firmly of the opinion that we should continue to rent our offices , because I did n't believe that erm , we were a property speculation company . |
| 3 | I can recall one memorable evening when we met in the Pathfinder Club just as soon as it had opened in the evening ; I was attached to the Air Ministry at the time and it was very soon after the war as we still wore uniform . |
| 4 | It was very still in the wood . |
| 5 | The wish for companionship was very definitely in the category of illegitimate pleasure strivings : ‘ We now come to the treatment , as it were , for a baby who cries simply because he wants attention , which is : ‘ Baby must cry it out ’ . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ This game was very much like a game of chess , with human beings as pieces . |
| 7 | We agreed that a hospital was very much like a ship , and being under fire had made her like a man of war . |
| 8 | The interior of the house was very much like the outside . |
| 9 | Van Gelder was away at once and was very quickly alongside the fo'c's'le of the Delos . |