Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] be [adj] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been good at art at school and , had the war not come , she might have tried to make a career out of it . |
| 2 | Vron confirmed that she had been good at art as a schoolgirl , often praised by her art master . |
| 3 | Vron confirmed that she had been good at art as a schoolgirl , often praised by her art master . |
| 4 | He did n't really care if she and Nick were happy or not but if he thought they had been happier at Druid 's Bottom than they were at his house , he might stop them going again . |
| 5 | There are numerous examples of the poor quality of court-appointed lawyers ; John Young went to his death even though his trial lawyer had signed an affidavit admitting he had been ill-prepared at trial due to drug use , the recent break-up of his marriage and the discovery of his own homosexuality ; another attorney had his breath checked by the judge for signs of alcohol , another was found to be in contempt of court after arriving back from lunch drunk … and so I could go on . |