Example sentences of "be very [adj] [subord] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think , John , I want to come back to the basic one , and that is , as a customer , if you 're handed what you think is an extended warranty to cover you for all sorts of things erm then you 're very disappointed if you find that most of the things that are going to go wrong with your car are excluded . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , you 're very noisy when you come back for somebody who 's only been sociable , so you are . ’ |
| 3 | They ca n't tell what bit of an object is nearest to them , so they 're very clumsy when they reach towards things . |
| 4 | Erm then we said er another the train to such a place will be quarter of an hour late , we 're very sorry cos it 's held up , everything was standing outside the station , er they 're all held up with this fire at Banbury , was upsetting everything |
| 5 | ‘ I think you 're very sensible if you feel like that about it . |
| 6 | He says neither of us is really a trained gardener … we 're very lucky as we have two experts trained at Kew and Wisbech who live locally and tell us what to do . |
| 7 | You 're very lucky if you do are n't you ? |
| 8 | She said when you came and I rang to confirm it all she said you 're very lucky because he agreed thirteen pounds and we do n't do it for under fifteen pounds now . |
| 9 | It would be very long-winded if we had always to answer a question like Do you like mangoes ? with a sentence like Yes I like mangoes or Yes I think I like mangoes . |
| 10 | But although it can be very frustrating when you 've done your homework and somebody pulls out , it does n't alarm me . |
| 11 | This kind of approach can be very useful since it provides an opportunity for the media to ask questions and get direct answers on the spot , without having to spend valuable time away from the office . |
| 12 | Long and narrow shaped pictures can be very useful if you want to fill an awkward space in your home , such as the area between two doors or in a small alcove . |
| 13 | TIP : Flake food can be very useful if you have the type of pond in which fry survive . |
| 14 | Tools such as a spade , mattock and wheelbarrow would be very useful if you have them . |
| 15 | Before I left Fontanellato my father had told me that although he was not against my trying to see Mussolini he would be very upset if I indulged in any kind of cheering or applause . |
| 16 | They can be very confusing if you do n't know what it 's about . |
| 17 | Homoeopathy can be very satisfying if you do not get worried or weighed down by the ‘ burden ’ of finding a remedy . |
| 18 | You 'd be stupid to go across the stepping stones if you did n't have the power to jump from one to the other , pretty big , but the , so are the distances between them and at that time of the year the river was pretty high too and r rather boisterous , so it would n't be very pleasant if you had fallen in , but you 've got to have that but you 've also got to have stamina as you said , but it would n't have been any fun if you 'd got halfway across and your stamina had run out , then fire brigade called out , the fire brigade or something . |
| 19 | Promotion , we go out to cause promotion , but when you first get it , it can be very stressed as you come to terms with your new situation . |
| 20 | We have to be very methodical when we do this . |
| 21 | ‘ I think they 'd be very unhappy if we splashed out excessive money before settling our debts . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I think they 'd be very unhappy if we splashed out excessive money before settling our debts . |
| 23 | Crisis again , can be very worrying as you go through it . |
| 24 | ‘ Mr Cod could be very fishy when he wanted , but he was also very nice ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll be very sad if they go down . |
| 26 | Mr Branson 's chief negotiator , the Virgin group managing director , Trevor Abbott , said : ‘ It would be very sad if we do n't settle this . |
| 27 | It will be very sad if we have to leave . |
| 28 | We 're sure that having come this far you wo n't want to miss out on anything and we really do recommend you join us on these trips as it can be very expensive if you try to do it all on your own . |
| 29 | Change for example , can be very stressful when you work through it , in your private life , or in your family life . |
| 30 | I 'll be very pleased if he plays the game simply . ’ |