Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [adj] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 should remain as published in the original documents , and were surprised at the proposed changes raised at the eleventh hour prior to a public enquiry , in September nineteen ninety two .
2 I walked back behind him for the last several hundred yards , and was shocked at the sheer , mindless , bestial ferocity of the crowd .
3 Indeed , he was extremely furious and led the fight to establish a new body and was present at the first meeting of the British Deaf and Dumb Association in Leeds in 1890 .
4 In 1930 , though , Eliot wrote to Dobrée that he thought order and authority dangerous catchwords and was horrified at the modern scorning of democracy ; he worried about the way national and racial characteristics were becoming contested issues .
5 Now , he stared down at his Saturday suit and was afraid at the new possibility that he had become a man set in his ways , upset by change .
6 ‘ Dr Armitage , I confess I had hoped for a little more from someone who knew Dr Wetherby so well and was resident at the same convention .
7 He heard himself saying it was surely the thought that counted , and was astonished at the banal words that hurtled from his mouth .
8 Klepner kept a straight face , but was overjoyed at the top man 's response .
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