Example sentences of "was [adv] very [adj] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young dog , new to the job , ran about excitedly causing more confusion ; the old one , who was an expert , was so very old that he continually rolled over and fell asleep . |
| 2 | He was sure , too , that she had believed him and he knew that the reason for this was that the story he had concocted was so very unlikely that no liar could possibly have put his faith in it . |
| 3 | It was soon very apparent that English football was slightly different to the Belgian variety ; pushing and shoving , together with hard tackling , were all part of the English game . |
| 4 | He was truly sorry that his client , Sir Danvers Carew , was dead , but he was also very glad that Mr Hyde had disappeared . |
| 5 | Alejandro was also very jealous that Miguel and Juan , aided by Bart Alderton 's fat salary , had started their own polo club , buying much of the adjoining land and selling plots to polo enthusiasts at vastly inflated prices . |
| 6 | I was also very conscious that you had telephoned before the 6pm cheap rate because of the mackintosh nonsense , and did not want to detain you . |
| 7 | He was certainly very keen that we have John in the band . |
| 8 | Well my mother was very very sorry that the old lady had hurt her fingers but th on the other hand she was very very pleased that she could n't make the butter . |
| 9 | Well my mother was very very sorry that the old lady had hurt her fingers but th on the other hand she was very very pleased that she could n't make the butter . |
| 10 | Anyway , the point is this that I am going to say as far as I 'm concerned I 'm gon na put all my maximum ability in making sure that this government stands by its obligation which it gave me when I wrote to the Prime Minister because I was very very concerned that I did not want to see the old people and pensioners who was having difficulty in making ends meet , suffer further and therefore I am with you when it comes to concerning yourself in relation to the O A P's or the pensioners or any one who is suffering because of the s seventeen and o half percent , the maximum is put on . |