Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] very [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | That here 's this discussion with you before I know some of you , but the very nature of the salesman , does n't lend himself very well to being organised . |
| 2 | " … were all hoping that this would not be a continuing situation , Steve , " Mr Smith said , droning nasally from behind the chip-board desk in his low-ceilinged office on the depot 's first floor , " and that you would be able to consolidate your position here by forming a positive working relationship with the remainder of the road gang , who , in all fairness , I 'm sure you 'd be the first to agree , have done their very best to well … " |
| 3 | Maxim lifted him very gently to a sitting position . |
| 4 | I took her little finger in both my arms , and put it very politely to my lips . |
| 5 | The the trouble is though their their erm language just does n't lend itself very well to pop music does it ? |
| 6 | And this style lent itself very well to uniform hats and caps . |
| 7 | Ornaments and statues were cast in a mould and the material lent itself very well to this technique , preserving crisp detailing . |
| 8 | The warm , somewhat muted , colours lend themselves very well to a tapestry design . |
| 9 | The source of ivory may well have been a factor in reserving it very largely to symbolic rather than practical use . |
| 10 | In this way then the couplet brings together the three themes of each section and relates them very strongly to the speaker and the listener , with the use of ‘ thou ’ . |
| 11 | responsibility analysis ’ which broadly takes the existing political and economic structure of society for granted , or which does not relate it very strongly to individual families ' difficulties . |
| 12 | She drew one index finger through her dewy pubic hair , lifting the glistening digit , touching it very gently to her lips . |
| 13 | The report addresses itself very well to a specific ’ client group ’ , the elderly and sick . |
| 14 | If , if you like the characteristics which you will show most of , and we 'll do a little team characteristics test a bit later this morning , but the characteristics which you will show most of are one , that you are fairly gregarious person , you like being the , the salesman is a , a loner and be quite a lot more to life , so you 're fairly gregarious people , and even though there are degrees of it , you 're all fairly extrovert people as well , and those two characteristics do n't lend themselves very well to being organised . |
| 15 | Thus whilst transactions cost and contractual rights approaches are capable of considerable insights , and have strong links with delegation and strategic issues which will be discussed later , they do not yet lend themselves very readily to propositions in welfare economics . |
| 16 | Mr de Klerk began : ‘ I say thank you very much to Mitchells Plain . |
| 17 | Thank you very much to those who volunteered , or who were volunteered to help , especially to who worked as hard as I did to get the whole thing set up . |
| 18 | We just want to say thank you very much to all of you for coming and listening . |
| 19 | Well thank you very much to both Mike Springford and John Golds . |
| 20 | We would urge you very strongly to er put a deadline er on receipt of er further objections by tomorrow sir but some of these proofs have been missing all of the discussion and they are literally months past their original fixture date . |
| 21 | Then , stretching out one hand , he pushed her very gently to one side and strode past her into the living-room . |