Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [prep] the very [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The motion-work was at the very apogee of clockmaking technology and the case-work enjoyed a world wide reputation for quality of design and good taste , all at very competitive pricing . |
| 2 | Lexandro swung and fired the other way , just as the tech boy was in the very act of throwing his knife . |
| 3 | And the headmaster 's room was at the very end of that corridor where the fifth class was . |
| 4 | The clay tablets of the Knossos temple archive record such large quantities of produce that it seems as if the temple was at the very centre of the organization of the Minoan economy . |
| 5 | Mordecai 's stall was on the very edge of the bazaar . |
| 6 | Then , just as the pram was on the very verge of the wall , she reached out , grabbed at the handle — and held it ! |
| 7 | Unfortunately the apartment was at the very top and it was quite a struggle to drag Maidstone up the eight or ten flights of stairs . |
| 8 | Lee felt a little puffed ; the apartment was at the very top of a tall riverside block without a lift . |
| 9 | Neither spoke and Julia understood that David 's mother was on the very brink of breaking down ; any little thing might tip her over into outright despair . |
| 10 | Scott Gibbs , whose midfield tackling was at the very heart of the Welsh win , has always struck one as having tremendous potential , but he has before now been roundly censured for his use of the ball after a break . |