Example sentences of "very [adj] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people are very tolerant and it has been overheard that I speak better Portuguese than I do English . |
| 2 | Erm then we said er another the train to such a place will be quarter of an hour late , we 're very sorry cos it 's held up , everything was standing outside the station , er they 're all held up with this fire at Banbury , was upsetting everything |
| 3 | This ability is very striking because it shows clearly that young children can think about a non-existent or counterfactual situation . |
| 4 | And what 's the point of a journey that seems very pleasant if it gets you to the wrong place ! |
| 5 | That would have created jobs quickly , it 's not very inflationary and it does n't suck in large amounts of imports . |
| 6 | The most recent , and it 's quite exciting , is to use magnetic resonance imaging to look at erm nuclei in the body and to see what they 're doing and where they are , and that 's going to be very exciting but it involves having a very very large magnet in which one puts a whole patient all at once . |
| 7 | yeah west side is very popular and it tends to be the area where we get the older properties as well so that 's encouraging |
| 8 | All this may strike us as very patronising but it reveals at least as much concern about the welfare , and rehabilitation , of prisoners as the incarceration policies of the present day . |
| 9 | I 'm sure you 'll work something out with Ian , but Sophie will have to be very careful when it comes to choosing the right person to replace you . ’ |
| 10 | I think it was very interesting and it warns you not to talk to strangers . |
| 11 | The Lycoming 0–320 B3B engine is very reliable and it has a TBO of 2000 hours but only when half inch valves are fitted . |
| 12 | There are special toothpastes which are not harmful if swallowed , and brushing your dog 's teeth is actually very easy once it has been demonstrated by a vet . |
| 13 | Most people 's long-term memory is very limited when it comes to remembering specific points or ideas . |
| 14 | Fine for some , sure , but a P-bass is very simple and it sounds bloody good . |
| 15 | They 'd , they had to because there were , they got , when , after the union was formed you know , they were having the rights er but and I think really the hours they put in and the type of work they deserved it , but erm there was a time you know when the bosses were bossy sort of thing , and er and you adhered to that , because you did n't know anything different until erm the unions started up , but erm I know there were one or two processions you know and peer rights and all this that and the other , but erm on the whole it 's er it 's been an eventful life in , in some ways , very eventful and it 's been interesting . |
| 16 | I 've tried most of the guitar synths and stuff , but I just prefer my instrument : it 's very human and it makes the right noise . |
| 17 | I think to its detriment , it has been very white and it has been very historically specific , but the more I hear about what women are doing in Africa and India I think that the visions are very similar even though the words sometimes are different . |
| 18 | The response to the questionnaire about training has been very satisfactory and it has provided the Training Committee with plenty of information to work on for planning future training programmes . |
| 19 | It 's very hygienic because it does n't retain household dust and is easy to lay yourself . |
| 20 | This is all very well while it lasts but what happens when the manager disappears ? |
| 21 | ‘ David is very malleable when it comes to girlfriends , ’ says Solowka . |
| 22 | An oval-shaped wreath can look very effective if it follows the lines of its oval frame , and you can make a similar style of garland in a heart-shaped design , whether small ( see p. 85 ) or much bigger and bolder and enclosed in a square frame . |
| 23 | This kind of approach can be very useful since it provides an opportunity for the media to ask questions and get direct answers on the spot , without having to spend valuable time away from the office . |
| 24 | A ‘ full auto ’ button , for instance , is very useful because it gives auto-exposure/auto focus/auto white balance at a single press . |
| 25 | This section is based on an article by Wilkinson ( 1982 ) , which is very useful as it exposes the underlying ideologies/philosophies or interests that are at stake in this kind of reform . |
| 26 | To do this , cut out the outline of the vase or urn from a large leaf ( an enormous autumn leaf is very useful as it has an interesting texture ) using a craft knife , and use the shape to form the container at the base of the picture . |
| 27 | This way of looking at terms and not deciding their status until there has been a breach is very useful as it gives a welcome degree of flexibility to contracts , although it could be criticized for introducing uncertainty . |
| 28 | The path becomes very rough where it leaves the burn and climbs steeply out of the glen . |
| 29 | In fact , noise can be very helpful because it gives the network a chance to jump out of local minima . |
| 30 | Well we 've been very concerned to try and develop our policies and services and we find this report very helpful because it has given us a very clear lead as to the sort of things which are necessary , and in many ways it 's supporting the ideas which we 've had . |