Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] be very [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end there are sequences of free paddling , both at Nottingham and on natural water , allowing the viewers to see practical use of the moves and permitting them to see the film to examine the techniques , the paddling by the six paddlers involved always being very confident and competent . |
| 2 | Mr Bleasdale said the pool was chosen because it had ‘ every facility known to man ’ and added the staff had all been very helpful as had the mothers and toddlers from the Colchester area employed as extras . |
| 3 | The same proportion thought that the feedback had not been very useful or of no use at all . |
| 4 | He was rather liking this bit of a jaunt , although he had not been very enthusiastic when Goibniu had ordered him to set out . |
| 5 | The illness was sudden : Rose had generally been very fit and healthy throughout her life , apart from a tendency to faint in warm , crowded rooms . |
| 6 | He had raised his glass civilly enough in recognition of Vernon 's presence whenever their eyes had met across the floral displays , and he had always been very effusive if they chanced to meet in the queue for the cloakroom or on the pavement outside the State Restaurant , but he had held his distance in mixed company , had never introduced him , for instance , to Mrs Harcourt . |
| 7 | The loss of British merchant shipping in the north Atlantic had always been very troublesome but in March of 1943 , the worst monthly loss was recorded , fortunately gradually improving from thereon . |
| 8 | Grace , as I mentioned , at first had custody of John but , as she wrote , she had always been very proud and independent and refused maintenance . |