Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adj] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was young at the time , a little girl . |
| 2 | However , I was disappointed at the reply she gave to my questions at a public open meeting held on April 7th , when I suggested that following many and varied discussions in different regions of the country , there was extreme concern in the non-action by the government in the matter of the vast difference in the value of imports from different countries , in particular Japan , as against the value of the imports they take from this country . |
| 3 | I was present at the sale and bought a set of Keesing 's Contemporary Archives which have proved invaluable though I have used them with the usual misgivings that accompany the enjoyment of a benefit which has been denied to others . |
| 4 | I was half-smashed at the time . |
| 5 | I knew that I was being considered for the MBE , to be announced in the next Queen 's Birthday Honours , and to say I was stunned at the thought was an understatement . |
| 6 | As it was , I was cheap at the price . |
| 7 | ‘ It was a big game for us , ’ he said , ‘ And I was delighted at the way the youngsters acquitted themselves — not just in terms of their ability , but also in terms of their temperament . |
| 8 | I was new at the school and still observing , still beginning friendships . |
| 9 | Yeah , and we explained and said that I was pregnant at the time and we said about the policeman , oh no trouble ! |
| 10 | Often , when I switched on the light to make sure that the dish was scraped clean , I was disgusted at the mess I had been eating . |
| 11 | This says I was good at the doctor 's today ? |
| 12 | When I was in the Bodleian I was shocked at the existence of hundreds of letters the writers had marked ‘ burn ’ . |
| 13 | When I first came to England with your father , I was shocked at the women 's laziness here . |
| 14 | Mrs Ellerton said : ‘ I was furious at the publisher 's letter . |
| 15 | I was astonished at the smallness of the area which these enclosed . |
| 16 | When I worked in and around Stirling , I was astonished at the number of people who aspired to write poetry , fiction , drama and articles . |
| 17 | I fed him well whenever I was lucky at the fishmongers , though the other staff were not all as fond of sea food as we were . |
| 18 | I was angry at the system , and at him for getting into trouble . |
| 19 | I was , I was alright at the weekend , that 's my Darlington meeting and she was talking to one of the boys erm the one that lives at Filey . |
| 20 | I was alright at the moment , but to lose a whole fortnight … |
| 21 | Although I was brisk at the beginning about the philosophical attitudes of AI workers , I owe the reader some small sample of them , that I can refer back to later . |
| 22 | I was ill at the time of the scholarship examination , however , and did not take it . |
| 23 | I was ill at the time with the ague but I remember the verdict being recorded . |
| 24 | ‘ I was embarrassed at the time because it was a serious occasion but secretly I was also very flattered . |
| 25 | I was surprised at the deterioration in my nerves since my flying days . |
| 26 | I was surprised at the amount of abuse Macca received from the fans at the blackburn match . |
| 27 | In an astonishing outburst on the Barnet Clubcall line , Flashman said : ‘ I was surprised at the stupidity of people having a go at me . |
| 28 | On the whole , I was surprised at the extent to which the Moonies were willing to discuss such questions with me . |
| 29 | It is obvious that large volumes of private cars use the Park roads but I was surprised at the extent of this , as revealed by the Traffic Survey — nearly 20,000 vehicles a day . |
| 30 | I was surprised at the violence of his remorse — after all , he had only hit me — and I remember thinking , quite irrelevantly , how much more true to life the old dramatists were than modern ones , making their characters utter loud cries and throw themselves about the stage in moments of anguish , rather than deliver their parts poker-faced , through stiff lips . |