Example sentences of "was very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They felt her interest was very genuine , which was appreciated by all concerned . |
| 2 | It was a song with everything : baroque references , long sombre organ solos , and words so opaque that they could mean all things to all people , unless they actually asked what they meant-which was , unless one was very stoned , nothing which was why , for eleven weeks , during that summer it was high in the charts . |
| 3 | He was very untypical of the modern world who dislike the modern world and make their dislike of the modern world perfectly evident of other people |
| 4 | ‘ July was very good , ’ Bob said . |
| 5 | He agreed that she was very good natured and nearly all Rotties he saw were calm and friendly . |
| 6 | The school was very good at cricket , Ramsey was not . |
| 7 | ‘ It was very good of you to take them to the sea . |
| 8 | He was very handsome and he was very good to me . |
| 9 | The day seemed very long yesterday but I must say my ‘ bonne ’ was very good to me . |
| 10 | It was very good to have someone like that — someone who keeps pushing you and telling you that you can do it and not to be shy . ’ |
| 11 | It was very good , but it was n't good enough . ’ |
| 12 | The postman was very good . |
| 13 | I was very good . |
| 14 | But by mid-1989 , Kylie was THE figurehead of High Street fashion throughout Europe , which was very good news for Sydney 's pauvre couture set , who were beginning to find international recognition at last . |
| 15 | Oh , he was very good with compliments , but what did they mean ? |
| 16 | I was very good at planning menus and cooking , but not such a whizz at car , boiler or electrical appliance repairs or breakdowns . |
| 17 | Even the title was very good : A Masculine Ending . |
| 18 | This was very good . |
| 19 | Yes , she was very good at looking after us . |
| 20 | All I can now remember of questions and answers is writing a three-hour essay on ‘ Security ’ , and I can not think that it was very good . |
| 21 | He was very good company . |
| 22 | Angus Wilson was very good at that type . |
| 23 | A lot of the members told me I was very good — I could pull clubs well and read greens — and I should try going to the Bing Crosby to work for a pro in the tournament . |
| 24 | He complimented her on her Italian which was very good , he said , very , very good . |
| 25 | She was very good at semaphore and had won the Signaller Badge . |
| 26 | He was very good at it . |
| 27 | And that created a slight sort of canary-hopping attitude to policy-making which I do n't think was very good and in the end I think Mrs Thatcher felt the same . |
| 28 | Perhaps none of it was very good , but it was at least the beginning of something true in the lives of people who had been educated to falsity . |
| 29 | Nellie was very good and a natural musician who could play without looking at the piano which meant she could watch the dancing at the same time . |
| 30 | ‘ Christopher Ricks was very good because he was a bit trendy in that he played Bob Dylan and quoted from the Daily Mirror in lectures and tutorials . |