Example sentences of "very [adj] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were very discreet but it looked to me like an assignation . ’ |
| 2 | In another he found old shoes piled high on rusty tables and there was one room he thought very odd but it made him smile . |
| 3 | It 's very friendly And it followed us into the lane several times and then we 'd chase it back |
| 4 | This was right up the top and there were a tiny attic bedroom thing was made into a not very salubrious but it had a cooker and a sink . |
| 5 | They did exchange it in the end but I had to be very insistent and it took three months . |
| 6 | She said the notice was very detailed and it had taken longer than expected to draw up . |
| 7 | ‘ We stayed in a tent for four days and got very wet because it rained all the time , ’ she says . |
| 8 | Billy Dann 's office was long and narrow , almost as narrow as the desk placed across it just in front of the window , but very high because it had been partitioned out of a much bigger room . |
| 9 | A spokesman for the Oxford diocese said : ’ We are very sad that people who are grieving have experienced this kind of rejection and we are very sad that it happened . |
| 10 | It would have been very sad if it had been stopped . ’ |
| 11 | Eugénie loved the sea and was a strong swimmer even though at Biarritz she found that ‘ the sea was very cold and it required great strength of mind to get in ’ . |
| 12 | When we got through Ramsgate town centre and onto the motorway we hit roadworks and a long traffic jam , the weather became very overcast and it started to rain . |
| 13 | It has leg-like fins with fleshy bases like the coelacanth ; it seems very likely that it had air-breathing pouches from its gut like a lungfish . |
| 14 | We found the discussion very useful since it gave us a better idea of the strengths and weaknesses in the future household projections and where the points of political leverage may lie . |
| 15 | I mean we were in a particular discussion last night I mean that chap was making a particular point and we were able to ask questions and that was very useful and it helped everything else and as a result I have a view that Hydro Electric have a certain commitment to the community and I respect it for having that commitment . |
| 16 | The brew was very important as it completed or shut up the work . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's very unlikely that it survived the Civil War in 1919 , and even less likely that it was looted during the war and brought out of Russia in one piece . |
| 18 | Once VE Day was over , we were all very happy because it meant the end of air raids and bombing attacks on Germany , and we now turned our thoughts to the problem of subduing the little yellow perils . |
| 19 | One of the tasks always mentioned first in any discussion of the question is the carrying of formes containing set-up type ( they were indeed very heavy and it did no one 's back any good to carry them ) . |
| 20 | No doubt the members were very proud when it won the demo-competition at the party where it was released . |
| 21 | ‘ I was very pleased when it rained , as Silver Fling is best really at five and a half furlongs , and the easier ground made it more of a test ’ . |
| 22 | It is possible that there was an improvement when the copper veins at Coniston and Tilberthwaite began to be worked , though the latter were not very successful as it turned out . |
| 23 | Bustling ‘ The foliage of the fir tree is very thick and it wrapped around his body , ’ said Det Insp Evans . |
| 24 | She did rub one melanoma causing it to weep but we did n't panic just kept it very clean and it healed perfectly . |
| 25 | I 'd be very disappointed if it did n't become a wealthy country within five or ten years , as opposed to other oil-producing countrie s I 've lived in , Nigeria or Libya . |
| 26 | The Chief Environmental Health Officer , Tony Fenn , says he 's concerned the sickness and diarrhoea which was caused by contaminated water at Farmoor reservoir , could endanger the lives of the elderly and very young if it re-occurred . |
| 27 | Even the inner-city property sites of National Carriers did not look very tempting once it became clear there was an abundance of that kind of property on offer . |
| 28 | Sterling Software Inc has been very quiet since it bought Informatics , but yesterday the Dallas firm agreed to buy Net/Master owner Systems Center Inc , formerly VM Software , Reston , Virginia for $185m in shares . |