Sentence examples for a very French one from inspiring English sources

And a very French one at that.

For her, knits are an artist's statement; a very French one.

The dedicated specialised machinery used in our modern factories (particularly in high-wage countries), fascinating though they may be, are not so new nor are they very French (one immediately has Germany in mind), but French robotics has been conquering warehouses with an increased mastery of "hard" sensorimotor skills.

This is a very French film".

Lunch, though, is a very French two hours.

"I'm a very French American," Mr. Hennequin said.

François Hollande, Julie Gayet … and a very British scandal about a very French affair.

Colette is a very French French woman unlucky in love.

And that's a very French idea.

The prologue is set inside a domestic refrigerator, a very obviously French one, to judge from the tins of escargots and cassoulet on its shelves, while the underworld that Theseus visits in the second act is the grimy area behind it; the costumes cheerfully mix the 18th and 21st centuries, as well as camp get-up for a dance troupe of matelots (don't ask) that belongs in neither.

I didn't expect it to be very French -- no one in it or involved was French.