Example sentences of "[verb] be [adv] [adj] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alien traits that this role imposes are most vivid at this point in the day . |
| 2 | This does not imply that there has been fierce opposition — indeed , the vote in favour of the merger has been nearly unanimous at each meeting . |
| 3 | Since the war the CIA has been very alarmed at some of the left-wing British governments , many of whose politicians it regards as friends of Moscow . |
| 4 | I also remember being extremely ashamed at some of the racist chants the Leeds fans were coming out with that night . |
| 5 | Yes , Joe must have been desperately lonely at that time , because he asked us to dinner the following evening at Chez Victor 's , one of his favourite restaurants . |
| 6 | Chris , Chris , you know my friend , and Chris must have been quite new at this , you know that song that like when the double bass and then |
| 7 | Well there were the jobs tha that I mentioned really , production manager or assistant director and now he would have been quite happy I know to have done those , because I remember talking about it you know er and he would have been very good at either of them , but erm er he he did n't get well he was a slightly abrasive man , he he he his erm I I think in a way erm he was a director who could who was not really a very good film director , he he could get things done very quickly and that 's why he worked for bash , bash , bash getting through everything quickly . |
| 8 | This was not a very positive thing to say because Ralph lost some morale which could have been very dangerous at such an early stage . |
| 9 | I have also learnt that there are other makes of computer — even among those supplied by Dixons — that would have been more suitable at little or no extra cost . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ It appears the company must have been virtually insolvent at that date . |
| 11 | It could n't have been less welcome at that particular moment . |
| 12 | The Liverpool Stipendiary the other day confessed he had upon more than one occasion watched members of the City Police Force on point duty in various parts of the city , and he admitted he had been extremely confused at some of the signals given to traffic . |
| 13 | Some local authorities have been very effective at this — in Greenwich , people who registered were entered in a prize draw . |
| 14 | He 's been very quick at that . |
| 15 | It 's been quite successful at that , but British Gas within two years , will be no different to Shell , B P or Esso . |