Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [adj] at [art] [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 | Farrelly last saw the singer earlier this year and was stunned at a furious outburst she launched at him . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | He heard himself saying it was surely the thought that counted , and was astonished at the banal words that hurtled from his mouth . |
| 9 | Labour 's leader , John Smith , said he regretted Mr Campbell 's departure and was concerned at a possible change in the paper 's political stance . |
| 10 | Klepner kept a straight face , but was overjoyed at the top man 's response . |