Example sentences of "he [is] [adj] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hughes readily admits to being something of a sexual tearaway but he is uncomfortable at the thought of superseding Michael Ignatieff as the thinking woman 's crumpet . |
| 2 | In the first one , he is content at the beginning , but then we begin to see , at the end of this part , that he is dissatisfied with his status , his loneliness and is cared by the criminal ‘ underworld ’ . |
| 3 | He is upset at the lack of activity and howls appallingly , but when Odd-Knut tries him on the trace he is clearly crippled and in pain . |
| 4 | THE Conservative-controlled Stirling District has been told by the local MP , Michael Forsyth , that he is horrified at the way in which the council has handled a housing matter . |
| 5 | Another Tory MP , Henry Bellingham , Norfolk North West , has told Lord Chancellor Lord Mackay of Clashfern that he is concerned at the severity of the punishment . |
| 6 | Ken Revell , chief technologist at BL Technology , says he is concerned at the time the government study has taken . |
| 7 | He is aggrieved at the way this has been presented by the Scottish media , including The Scotsman . |
| 8 | Emanuel says he is surprised at the number of caterers who are unsure of the amount of cutlery to buy . |
| 9 | He 's disgusted at the way the workforce has been kept in the dark about its future . |
| 10 | Possible head injury , maybe whiplash — he 's unconscious at the moment . |
| 11 | Oh look , he 's good at the pot throwing though . |
| 12 | I do n't think he 's good at the job at all . |
| 13 | Erm that was a bad time er a critical time , they did n't know if he were gon na live or die then erm he 's had a number of transfusions to keep him alive but er he 's stable at the moment . |
| 14 | He 's delighted at the outcome . |
| 15 | He 's asleep at the moment , and I wo n't disturb him . ’ |
| 16 | He 's asleep at the moment , as quiet as a baby . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ But , sadly , he 's ill at the moment . ’ |
| 18 | Linfield manager Trevor Anderson is confident that any appeal by Tbilisi will fail — and he 's surprised at the leniency of the original sentence . |
| 19 | I mean , one minute he 's foaming at the mouth and the next … laughing and joking . ’ |