Example sentences of "very [adj] [coord] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although her mum was upset and her dad was cross they did n't chuck her out but have been very supportive and she still lives at home with her two-year-old son . |
| 2 | Some of them are very , very frail and they really get something out of the music , ’ said Mr Harper who likes nothing better than a foot-tapping , clapping and smiling congregation . |
| 3 | ‘ She drinks very little and she never prostituted herself . ’ |
| 4 | I was very strong and he never tired me : sometimes I carried him on our afternoon walks instead of taking the pram , just for the pleasure of feeling my arms ache under his weight . |
| 5 | Although dislocations do exist in non-metallic crystals they are not usually very mobile and they seldom breed , thus dislocation movement does not play any important part in the way non-metals behave . |
| 6 | In many cases they get very depressed or they even die , because their image of themselves is very much bound up with work and . |
| 7 | Bob Martin , from the Darlington Milk Buyers , said customers had been very generous and they still had more to collect . |
| 8 | And that it 's very disorganised and you never know where you are regarding rooms . |
| 9 | It was strained through sieves into stone water jars , and if the truth were told , it was probably not very alcoholic and it certainly had a short life . |
| 10 | As I mentioned before , vitamins are chemically very unstable and they certainly do not take well to this sort of treatment . |
| 11 | I know it was n't very witty but it certainly galvanised my Dad . |
| 12 | Erm so we did n't pay very very much but they certainly had , they did , er they tried to standardize the , the nurses . |
| 13 | organizations of course twenty million pound turnover or twenty million pound company does n't sound very much but it certainly is in its er |
| 14 | And they have been very much but I though that Swatch cost that much no there are |
| 15 | Aha for the studio theatre to be dark t during the autumn and I I do regard the studio theatre as the frenzied heart of a theatre and I have enjoyed many of the performances very much and I just hope very much we can just get some more money from somewhere carry on I |
| 16 | and my brother Glen , he 's ver he 's , he 's forgetful , he 's very forgetful and he always wants a clean up the sitting room . |
| 17 | ‘ I imagine , daddy , ’ Matilda said quietly , ‘ that you were n't looking very hard and you simply took mummy 's bottle of hair stuff off the shelf instead of your own . ’ |
| 18 | Speaking as a single parent who was left with children of twelve and eight , it is very hard and I often think it would be a good thing if social workers were better able to explain to young girls who are left with babies , just what it 's going to be like . |
| 19 | I was n't very pretty and I certainly was n't a diva . ’ |
| 20 | Then there 's the enclosures which are very noisy and you just have to hope you 've won . |
| 21 | ‘ I was very lethargic but I just put it down to the first months of my pregnancy . |
| 22 | The first reference merely says that ‘ It 's all about man before birth , during life and at death — very deep and it never does what you expect it to ! ’ |
| 23 | For instance , you can look round this place and be very impressed but it probably costs less to stay here than a two star hotel in England . |
| 24 | India in their home country are very tough and I always thought we would have a difficult task here . |
| 25 | His walk was very brisk and he always carried a preoccupied expression as if his mind was centred on the way the next work of art might be tackled . |
| 26 | I just could n't believe it , it was , er , I just felt very very happy and I just break into tears , I just start crying , and I think it 's tremendous , erm news , I just want to see him safe home . |
| 27 | I had my hair cut very very short and I just all of a sudden realised that it was all a bit serious ; that something else was about to happen . |
| 28 | A a and I , and I , and it was very heavy and we both had to take it out . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm very concerned and I just wish the Rugby Union were as concerned as I am , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Both his daughters were very beautiful and he also thought they were very wise . |