Example sentences of "but [pers pn] 's very " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she 's very high up here , is n't she ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ She thinks it was some distance outside Harpenden from the time it took to get there , but she 's very disorientated . |
| 3 | Sister Joan , she 's got chapped hands and a streaming cold , but she 's very kind . |
| 4 | ‘ But she 's very dangerous . |
| 5 | ‘ But she 's very like a lot of women I know , who have scarves knotted on their shoulders , and who know the difference between collagen and silicone , and who kiss Jasper Conran at parties . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Jane 's 22 and Grant a bit older but she 's very intense and tries to force a commitment , while he 's very airy-fairy and does n't want to think about the future . |
| 7 | But she 's very kind and she can be very funny , when she 's had a drink or two . ’ |
| 8 | Then , to Juliet and David , ‘ Miss Pope will see you , but she 's very busy , and she would have preferred to know what it 's all about . ’ |
| 9 | It 's the old story — we did n't choose her , she chose us — but she 's very sweet and a great source of amusement . |
| 10 | But she 's very nice I think she goes through till about June . |
| 11 | She 's seventy one but she 's very active , yeah |
| 12 | And Lee says she 's tight with money in a way but if , no she , but she 's very careful with her money . |
| 13 | They 're not speaking now but he 's very good to her , she has her favourite mushroom omelettes at every meal . |
| 14 | ‘ He gets a lot of stick about his mistakes but he 's very positive and has the confidence to keep coming for the ball . |
| 15 | But he 's very ’ discreet . |
| 16 | But he 's very busy , and has difficulty even finding time to stick and ball . |
| 17 | ‘ He 's a bit stuffy , I suppose , but he 's very sound on his law . |
| 18 | But he 's very knowledgeable , particularly his Vice-President , Al Gore . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But he 's very clever at getting out of it — and if he manages it without one of us noticing he inflicts the most terrible injuries on himself . |
| 20 | We 're bound to meet , of course , but he 's very civilised . |
| 21 | He looks quiet , Jane , but he 's very determined . |
| 22 | ‘ He might seem a bit bumbling , but he 's very good . ’ |
| 23 | He needs some training , but he 's very spirited , so we 'll have to be careful ’ ( Shevchenku : 1985 , p. 106 ) — a revealing indication of a patronising attitude that the Russian was to have cause to regret . |
| 24 | But he 's very very straight about everything . |
| 25 | But he 's very busy . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 've told you ; he 's crazy but he 's very cunning . |
| 27 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 28 | I suppose it 's only an act , but he 's very good at it . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm trying to excavate this body , but he 's very confused . |
| 30 | As it is the vets believe Martini will make a full recovery , but he 's very lucky not to have been more seriously hurt . |