Example sentences of "i [modal v] [adv] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | But suppose I am trying to use the machine , and I try coin after coin unsuccessfully , and I utter ( 23 ) ; I might then very well communicate : ( 24 ) Some , and perhaps all , ten cent pieces are rejected by this vending machine and indeed I could say this without contradiction . |
| 2 | " No — I could n't very well do it on the mud . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I could n't very well just go inside , could I ? ’ |
| 4 | You see , Miss Williams — or should I make that Fran , so that I can get used to calling you that ? — I could n't very well tell the police what had gone on last night , so I improvised . |
| 5 | When we got outside I said I could n't very well offer him one I only had two left in the packet |
| 6 | Especially good for your ‘ Empress ’ size friends , these are quick to knit , I 'd also very much like to knit a golden pleated skirt using several strands of gold lurex for a really glamorous lamé look . |
| 7 | I would also very much appreciate an opportunity to come over to Walford Manor , perhaps in August . |
| 8 | There is still quite a lot of opposition , so I do n't think it 's , it 's a certainty , but I would certainly very much hope and believe that this is the will of God for the Church and that , that it will happen . |
| 9 | But I would very very much like to er to find out er and get a picture of what is up there . |
| 10 | And then , just as if in answer to her private thought , the pilot went on : ‘ I 'd like to kiss each one of you before I go , but as I ca n't very well do that I 'll give your Brown Owl a big thank-you kiss for you all ! ’ |
| 11 | And now , as we 've quarrelled like this , I ca n't very well take your milk and butter , can I ? |
| 12 | I ca n't very well ask him to take a fortnight off because you do n't like him . |
| 13 | I mean I ca n't very well stay with him . " |
| 14 | If I do n't know where the right place is , I ca n't very well can I ? |
| 15 | I can not very well lie and ignore her . ’ |
| 16 | I can say " This is a cherry " and everyone understands what I mean , but I can not very well say " This is an offspring " without committing a grammatical impropriety , except perhaps as a contextually forgivable elipsis when it is already clear whose offspring is being talked about . |