Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] not [verb] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first my eyes and ears did not work very well , but after a while I began to see and hear clearly . |
| 2 | In this study it was also confirmed that the fast eye movements were associated with passages of vivid dreaming involving tracking of moving images , but the measured direction of movement of the eyes did not correspond very well with reports of direction of movement of objects in the dream . |
| 3 | As you can imagine , his pet dragons did not grow very large , but they did grow lazy and fat and tame . |
| 4 | This technique not only combated the problem of contrast , which autochrome plates did not handle very well , but it also created what he described as a wonderful three dimensional effect when projected . |
| 5 | This technique not only combated the problem of contrast , which autochrome plates did not handle very well , but it also created what he described as a wonderful three dimensional effect when projected . |
| 6 | For the most part , however , the labouring classes did not move very far . |
| 7 | But the mere existence of such contacts did not mean very much . |
| 8 | But the mere existence of such contacts did not mean very much . |
| 9 | Luigi did not charge very much for this operation , and if the patient was poor he did it for nothing . |
| 10 | Even the inner-city property sites of National Carriers did not look very tempting once it became clear there was an abundance of that kind of property on offer . |
| 11 | Bicycle Thieves did not sound very promising , but he could not return home now . |