Example sentences of "[unc] [not/n't] very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er not very early . |
| 2 | If they only have ten days , that 's er not very much . |
| 3 | Er not very long because he er he started a business and er and he did n't do ever so well cos times were bad in the twenties you know as you know . |
| 4 | Lo er not very good for Joanne , she 's heavy . |
| 5 | There is one other point , although erm you know , it 's good that they are in the er areas which the tenants er , live so it 's er not very difficult for tenants to come and see their councillors but er er , there is a difficulty at times when er the er air the housing manager has to ring around to get the er members , who are able to sit on that panel and sometimes that is difficult because we have just three members and sometimes they ca n't all fit in the , whereas when you have a larger group if one member ca n't attend , there 's invariably sufficient there to be able to come to a decision so I think that that 's on the other side of the balance sheet . |
| 6 | I 've just been at a two day conference at erm not very far from here , at Wisden House in which erm a number of erm top industrialists erm led by the former chairman of I C I have all unanimously been saying how bad they think it is for our future technological development and export development if overseas students get out of the habit of coming here . |
| 7 | it erm not very much to ask you about is there ? |
| 8 | Against erm murderers of this type where a certain insanity is n't erm far away , it 's erm not very easy to erm protect ourselves . |
| 9 | Erm , I also suspect that one solution is erm not very satisfactory to one group of people and the other solution is not very satisfactory to another group of people and of course er since we are coming up to an election do n't want to offend either group of people . |
| 10 | So what we 're saying really , or what you 're saying , is that the costs , erm , are , not very ex not very high , and the cost is well worth the erm , protection that it er , that it gives . |
| 11 | They ai n't very far apart they do grow big you know |
| 12 | ‘ It ai n't very good but it 's the best I could do . ’ |
| 13 | I want us to learn what we 're good at , and what we ai n't very good at . |
| 14 | I ai n't very good with the |
| 15 | Look at this , it ai n't very good |
| 16 | I ai n't very keen on cards with pheasants . |
| 17 | I spect it ai n't very nice to have to ask people to help you with things like that . |
| 18 | But it ai n't very nice . |
| 19 | Well Solo ai n't very nice but th I ai n't on about that . |
| 20 | Well that ai n't very nice ! |
| 21 | They ai n't very big ! |
| 22 | The young lads at the club ai n't very 'appy , an' accordin' ter my information they 're all willin' ter lend us an 'and ter knock up a timber buildin' . |
| 23 | and mincemeat , that cos that ai n't very heavy to carry , in n it ? |
| 24 | Normally I like looking through books — you know , if they got nice pictures and that in them , but I du n no — I just ai n't very interested at the moment . |
| 25 | ‘ Ai n't very pretty is he ? ’ |
| 26 | It was already clear that Lynn was to make his career as an eccentric comedian , expert in the slow burn , the double take , and the impromptu remark which would duly be noted by a grateful playwright ( Landlady : ‘ This writing of yours ai n't very clear . ’ |
| 27 | He ai n't very happy at all . |
| 28 | Well I ai n't very happy , |
| 29 | Yeah but yours ai n't very clean . |
| 30 | It i n't very warm in the bedroom I 'll have to go and put the heater on in |