Example sentences of "very [adj] [noun sg] [coord] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allison Hillhouse , the Scottish director of Action for Smoking and Health , which backed Mr McTear 's legal action , described him as a very brave man and said his death was a sad event to everyone . |
| 2 | However , I very much support and understand my hon. Friend 's enthusiasm for a national lottery . |
| 3 | Erm what this is really about , I think we all recognise this is the erm purchaser aim to increase their leverage in the contract situation as against the providers on the other side of contract and in fact , I think we ought to tie this very much more in with what this authority has been saying about the proposals of the trust on the provider side because I think that this is an argument against the whole district N H S trusts that we 're getting , but it is encouraging the situation in which health authorities have purchasers on the other side of the contract are going to want to band together and merge to create a larger block in which to negotiate with their whole trust providers , I think this is a a very dangerous situation and think we needed to tie the two together as an argument there . |
| 4 | Well thank you very much Erlend , for sharing time with us this Thursday lunchtime , and we 'll wish you a very speedy recovery and hope it wo n't be too long , in fact , before you 're back at work . |
| 5 | He followed the dive-bomber round in a very tight turn and shot it down into the sea , but found that his own aircraft was by then burning fiercely . |
| 6 | He enthused : ‘ We gave a very disciplined display and did what we set out to do — win convincingly . ’ |
| 7 | He enthused : ‘ We gave a very disciplined display and did what we set out to do , win convincingly . |
| 8 | She was a very pretty girl and made her presence felt almost at once . |
| 9 | Pat O'C Hegarty , Executive Committee nominee on the Pensioners ' Committee was a very welcome guest and presented us with the Association 's usual contribution of £900 for which we are most thankful . |
| 10 | All this could be accounted for by the fact that Picasso was working on a very large scale and found it necessary to simplify his technique and adopt a bolder approach . |
| 11 | The Editor was in a very reasonable mood and asked what I could suggest . |
| 12 | find out what they actually need which is the second part and to do that once you do that it 's quite easy , as I say once you 've actually made contact with them and you are on a friendly basis , you then , you can hold very very useful conversation and let them come over quite naturally . |
| 13 | However , it 's easy to get a very negative self-image and lose your confidence . |
| 14 | It was a very helpful preparation and gave her a first real taste of teaching . |
| 15 | Sir J. Franklin desires me to give his compliments — he is in very good health & hopes you are the same . ’ |
| 16 | It did n't bother Brian Harley because he holed a very unlikely putt and went one under par after two holes . |
| 17 | I 'd like to manage at the very highest level and pit my wits against the best . |
| 18 | On washing day I fill a bucket half full of very hot water and add my cup of soap powder before going back to the house for breakfast . |
| 19 | Iraqis traditionally offer guests a small glass of very hot tea and drink it three or four times a day themselves . |
| 20 | He was a very slow writer and found it very difficult to produce what Ben wanted , so the actual work of the libretto was often well behind the work of the music . |
| 21 | Too many groups of people , with mutually exclusive agendas , want him to be their very own president and remember him saying that he would be . |
| 22 | If drilling use a very sharp drill and hold it straight , drilling onto wood if possible so that it does n't crack the jar |
| 23 | He was a very nice man and said we could come in for a chat . |
| 24 | Even in England , half-inch diameter hail stones are not unknown , and these will smash canopies and ruin the surfaces , causing very expensive damage and making it a matter of luck to get out of the area and down safely . |
| 25 | My mother came up to London the very next day and told me that I was never to go home again , I was never to contact Sarah again and , above all , I was never , ever to see John again . |
| 26 | The Joker is a very intelligent horse and knows his ‘ covering bridle ’ which we use on him for his studwork , or his ordinary bridle when he is ridden , and behaves accordingly . |
| 27 | Most of us have possessions we want , or have to go on using , so the best thing to do is to take a very positive attitude and use them as jumping-off points . |