Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be [adj] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I got to know Russell I began to be angry at this woman who was still causing him misery . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's a very long way , dear , and bound to be boggy at this time of year . |
| 3 | She looked like a small animal that expected to be surprised at any moment . |
| 4 | The record design indicates that , as in other databases in this school , date is the only publication detail felt to be appropriate at S1/S2 stage . |
| 5 | I almost connived to be free at last |
| 6 | Inhabitants of the uezdy ( districts ) there had to be ready at any moment to leave their homes and fields to get under cover of the walls of the fortresses . |
| 7 | Because he he want he wanted to be married at nine o'clock in the morning for a start off . |
| 8 | He said he wanted to be pleased at this news , but had been unable to confirm whether it was true or not , since Susan had not requested assistance in the boy 's upbringing , nor did she intend to call on him for support . |
| 9 | Nobody wanted to be mean at such a time . |
| 10 | In contrast to the English Nonjurors , whose Jacobitism tended to be lukewarm at best , the Scottish episcopal clergy actively preached the divine right of the Stuarts to real power . |