We're lucky the BNC (British National Corpus) allows one to search for the period.

I was able this way to make [this search][1]:

> Only 24 solutions found for this query
> 
> ACE 791 ‘Hitler's pact with Stalin — worrying. Very.’
> 
> BNC 832 Phillis was a prudent shopper. Very.
> 
> C8S 1706 ‘Yes, Monsieur de Chavigny. Very.’
> 
> CDE 786 ‘Yes. Very.’
> 
> CDE 2331 ‘Yes. Very.
> 
> CKC 1343 Favourably impressed. Very.
> 
> CKE 2373 ‘Unfortunate. Very.
> 
> FRJ 601 Very soon. Very.
> 
> GUD 101 ‘Well, it was. Very.
> 
> H4C 437 She was very good. Very .
> 
> H9Y 1619 The journey was long. Very.
> 
> JT3 711 Would it be competitive, though. Very.
> 
> JY7 409 …and it had been disconcerting. Very.
> 
> K5A 1961 And it is big on sport. Very.
> 
> K8R 1599 She was. Very.
> 
> KB7 2238 It's ever so nice. Very.
> 
> KBC 3847 Yes. Very.
> 
> KBF 7182 Yeah. Very.
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> KBG 2023 Yeah. Very.
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> KCH 6276 Cos she's very generous. Very.
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> KCT 11791 Yeah. Very .
> 
> KCV 4967 You seem very happy. Very.
> 
> KCV 4997 Yes. Very.
> 
> KD5 4468 Fo four door but there's some problem because it's their .
> Very .

which allows me to say that the British are using this **fragment** (for this is what it is called), "Very." too. I doubt the Irish could have a different take on this one, but ....




  [1]: http://bnc.bl.uk/saraWeb.php?qy=.%20very%20.&mysubmit=Go