Example sentences of "very [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being a very friendly fellow he once let me punch the red button that started the press . |
| 2 | For in supporting rule A five at the C E C by a very slim majority they also supported resolution one five three by an overwhelming majority , which says exactly the opposite to rule A five . |
| 3 | I said that I think you 'll find , Ron that Trudy if she married would have to give up her late husband 's occupational widow 's pension so that the way you 're going on now , where you go and stay with her for two or three days at a time is far better oh no , no , no , she 'll be able to keep her pension I said I very much doubt it then I said people are so jealous that if she does marry you and he does n't tell the firm I bet that one of her dear neighbours will oh no they 're all very nice people round where she lives , I thought there 's no good arguing with Ron ! |
| 4 | After throwing things around in a very haphazard fashion she finally abandoned her search . |
| 5 | This was the last thing she had envisaged and she knew full well that if the rumours had reached her ears there was a very good chance he too would have heard them . |
| 6 | No matter how thorough our precautions , however , trouble will strike from time to time and , as with all forms of sickness , the very first thing we then have to do is diagnose or identify the cause . |
| 7 | The very first week we ever tried it ( just after the sports hall had been built ) , the instruction was to go straight to the sports hall when the bell rang for the start of school . |
| 8 | So we have to move from old structures to new but the first new government of South Africa will be a compromise in itself because it will be a united government but it will inherit not a post-apartheid state as many academics and politicians tell us it will inherit a nil-apartheid state and that is a very big difference we still have to move to the post-apartheid situation which could take decades . |
| 9 | In a very close race it just might have helped . |
| 10 | It 's been very nice meeting you again . |