Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] [adj] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am ready at any time , any place to take part in such a debate . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm lousy at small talk , and it helped . ’ |
| 3 | You are welcome at any time , as far as I myself am concerned , to have the prince your husband attend you here — equally , provided you are suitably chaperoned by either myself or one appointed by myself , and provided no obstacles are put in the way , you may visit the prince . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , yes , you 're good at that sort of thing , ’ said Dorcas . |
| 5 | I hope you 're good at this Doctor . |
| 6 | You 're good at this book are n't you Tim ? |
| 7 | The Japanese have advanced in the face of claims by many observers that they are poor at developing software — the instructions that make computers operate . |
| 8 | ‘ I know it sounds bizarre to say that when someone has made an awful lot of money and had a lot of fame and adulation , but you can wreck their minds , you can wreck their self-ego and esteem by giving them the whole wrong picture of themselves by pretending they are good at one thing when they are not and boosting other things . |
| 9 | Pakistanis are used to politicians behaving badly ; but even they are shocked at this week 's outbreak of trickery and thuggery . |
| 10 | Because these work to a co-ordinate system they are reproducible at any resolution and , more usefully , they can be scaled without destroying the original information . |
| 11 | He reported after the Sixth Comintern Congress that ’ As a rule , when we tell our Latin American comrades , on meeting them for the first time , that the situation of their country is that of a semi-colony and consequently we must consider the problems concerning it from the viewpoint of our colonial or semi-colonial tactics , they are indignant at this notion and assert that their country is independent , that it is represented in the League of Nations , has its own diplomats , consulates , etc . ’ |
| 12 | Hot with butter , cold with mayonnaise , they are excellent at any meal . |
| 13 | Like thoroughbred horses chafing at their bits before an important race , they are liable at any moment to sprint off at a hundred miles an hour in the wrong direction . |
| 14 | Pro provided they 're relevant at this level . |