Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [not/n't] [be] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enemy has not been very active since the 10th August and I somehow miss the occasional mortar burst in the area , or the odd German shell passing over . |
| 2 | The same proportion thought that the feedback had not been very useful or of no use at all . |
| 3 | Mervyn had visited the flat once for tea on a Sunday afternoon when her mother was still alive , but the occasion had not been very successful . |
| 4 | Your whole application 's not been very satisfactory Miss ! |
| 5 | The whole application 's not been very satisfactory |
| 6 | Our year has not been very eventful . |
| 7 | State socialism has not been very successful in transferring technology between countries , and has brought its own kind of exploitation ( as the Yugoslavs discovered in the first few years after the war ) . |