Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [pers pn] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that 's because we 're looking at it at close quarters . |
| 2 | He felt sure he 'd have been told of it at literary do 's if she was really ill . |
| 3 | Apart from and me , there is , a rather lugubrious ( though pleasant ) Peruvian , and , the French Canadian , whole reminds me of , in that he expects everything to be done for him at little cost in exchange for a good wit and ready sense of humour — also like , he plays the piano , with a special line in French songs . |
| 4 | Apart from a silver cup sent by Sir Hans Sloane in 1742 , with which John Bartram was ‘ well pleased that thy name is engraved upon it at large , so that when my friends drink out of it , they may see who was my benefactor ’ and a gold medal from a Society of Gentlemen in Edinburgh , tangible appreciation was slow to cross the Atlantic . |
| 5 | The slices were perfectly aligned , and then a second layer was placed across them at right angles . |
| 6 | She felt her feet trailing through the weeds that grew at the side of the track , nettles and thistles tearing her skin as she was dragged through them at high speed . |