Example sentences of "[was/were] very [adj] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The band were very supportive and they knew they did n't have to do anything untoward . |
| 2 | ‘ My legs were very weak and I found it difficult to walk , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Her memories of him were very faint and she needed something concrete to build on . |
| 4 | The first two Blackburn goals were very sloppy and I think Newsome was to blame . |
| 5 | This story concerns the sounds of footsteps walking in the ballast ; no one was seen but the sounds were very convincing and one respects the account of this mystery from Mr Leslie , who certainly did n't believe in the supernatural , preferring to find a logical explanation of this sort of thing . |
| 6 | When they were loaded they were very low and you kept hearing the bombs drop and wondering was it your turn next . |
| 7 | They were very attractive and they did have the advantage that you could take them down and plunge the whole thing in water and wash it and er |
| 8 | Jackie stole pen , ink and paper from Biff 's office and Evelyn composed a simple request that the mill be visited because conditions were very bad and she thought that Biff needed help . |
| 9 | His parents — his father was a clerk at the docks and his mother a schoolmistress — were never rich but they were very literate and they encouraged their son to read , observe and learn . |
| 10 | He told me they were very cross and they started saying there must be a ghost in the machine . |
| 11 | But they were very kind and they gave me a part in this play , it was called Tilly of Bloomsbury . |
| 12 | The police began to search for various people but our security system was very good and we had been warned about what was happening . |
| 13 | That was very good and we heard somebody else talking about pennies and how important pennies were this afternoon , Patricia Routledge mentioned pennies as well . |
| 14 | I thought the was very good and I liked the way you , you introduced that , you introduced it , came to agreement by acknowledgement I thought that went really quite well . |
| 15 | Fagg fitted in : his eyesight was very poor and he had flat feet . |
| 16 | I mean we were in a particular discussion last night I mean that chap was making a particular point and we were able to ask questions and that was very useful and it helped everything else and as a result I have a view that Hydro Electric have a certain commitment to the community and I respect it for having that commitment . |
| 17 | Anyway it was very strong and we longed and longed to go to bed together . |
| 18 | Your chairman was kind enough — before he let me loose on this most patient audience — to say that my attitude , for an historian , was very unhistorical and I took it that that was meant as praise . |
| 19 | That was very unprofessional and we paid for it . ’ |
| 20 | But it was very trying and I do n't know if it was like a part of me that was being grabbing or trying to weasel my way into David 's affections . |
| 21 | She was very young and he knew how much she loved him . |
| 22 | Yes , a nurse came round and she said hello Herby , she said oh you look quite bright , and I said did he play you up she said well he was very torn and I thought yeah I 'm sure he was . |
| 23 | Next day — Sunday , was very hot and everyone went to bed with the windows wide open . |
| 24 | It was very hot and I worried that he might be overdoing it , but he seemed to be wonderfully adaptable , and the sudden transmogrification from desk-bound boffin to agricultural worker seemed to have no effect at all on his physical well-being . |
| 25 | It was very hot and she lay under the single sheet staring up at the high moonlit ceiling and thinking about T. Buckland Kettering . |
| 26 | Mrs Joiner 's relationship with the children was very pleasant and she remained remarkably encouraging when they were a little restless . |
| 27 | I in fact I 've just been shown a different copy of this , Gwen has just shown me a different copy and the colour 's is totally different , its a very , very poor erm print and , when I was looking at this through my book , the background was very strange and I felt that almost had been painted by a totally different artist , but having seen Gwin 's , er Gwen 's |
| 28 | She was very nice and we exchanged a few pleasant words . |
| 29 | Course it was very nice and we got a proper dinner at this erm mind you we were absolutely famished by the time we got there . |
| 30 | It was it was very nice and she said erm Edith 's in America . |