Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he was justifiably angry at the penalty , which looked a case of simple obstruction by Paul Beesley . |
| 2 | ‘ I would say she was radiantly happy at the prospect of giving birth . |
| 3 | ‘ I would say she was radiantly happy at the prospect of giving birth . |
| 4 | The only trouble was , her account was rather overdrawn at the moment . |
| 5 | Belinda had been slightly unnerved to find that this man was Faye Hamilton 's obstetrician , and was rather alarmed at the prospect of spending a block of time in his elegant office , becoming familiar with the case history of her new patient . |
| 6 | Bob Allan , chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen 's Federation , said he was bitterly disappointed at the outcome of the talks , which had failed to tackle the heart of the crisis facing the industry . |
| 7 | Otherwise the earliest autumn record was 15 October , and arrival was most usual at the end of this month or in November . |
| 8 | There was apparently an agreement between Pickard and Wasbrough allowing the latter to use the crank , and the engine-builder who was most incensed at the patenting of a device which he maintained had been known for centuries was James Watt [ q.v . ] . |
| 9 | Georgina was most upset at the time . |
| 10 | Underneath it all , Markby suspected , Simon was badly frightened at the result of his action — but that did not mean he had not intended to do it . |
| 11 | Yes I did n't really have a good look through it because I got stuck on a an article that was so good at the beginning |
| 12 | Martin was so delighted at the idea of fatherhood that he became lovely and loving again , even drank less . |
| 13 | I was so needy at the time that I think I would have gone off with the first person who told me I was attractive and showed my affection . |
| 14 | Sam was so relieved at the news that mother and child were well that the fact that he had n't won the wager was nothing to him , and when he first laid eyes on the baby all he could do was kneel down and weep for joy . |
| 15 | He put himself right before every one of them , and he was so intelligent at the job that all I had to do was to ride him quietly and let him jump without fussing him . ’ |
| 16 | We must of course remember that many English liberals continued to support Napoleon — see Gillray 's cartoon of English liberals incensed by the naval victories of Nelson ; one of these , William Hazlitt , was so amazed at the change in Wordsworth and Coleridge that he accused them , later , of swinging over ‘ as on a pivot , to the unclean side ’ . |
| 17 | Ruth wanted to leave but was so panic-stricken at the thought of the latter happening that a decision to go or stay was out of her reasoning . |
| 18 | Everyone was so kind at the university . |
| 19 | Wendy was so furious at the demand by the bank , whose motto is ‘ We are here to make life easier ’ , that she stormed out of the branch in Eastwood , Notts . |
| 20 | For all we knew it could have been 12 feet , since the weather was so bad at the top we could see no further than someone wearing a ski anorak and wellingtons sitting beside us . |
| 21 | But erm , the people like and the left , did n't like the book either , because it did n't tell their particular interpretation , as kind of left Marxist er , interpretation as someone has it , was so popular at the time . |
| 22 | The member of staff when I spoke to him about it afterwards — I did not call him in to speak to him about it immediately because I did not think it was either my place or my duty — I told him that she was very concerned about that being said to her son and quite frankly so was I , and really was that the sort of thing to say and he agreed it was n't the thing to say but he said ‘ I was so angry at the time . |
| 23 | An inspector sent from Enfield was so surprised at the speed , high standard and quality of the product , that he summoned his superiors . |
| 24 | Constance was so thrilled at the idea of working in such a glamorous world that she would have agreed to anything in order to have the job . |
| 25 | But in 1906 it was the accepted procedure to reply to letters and Charlotte was so excited at the invitation to visit Winstable Hall for an interview . |
| 26 | The Arsenal striker was so horrified at the way Barnes was taunted against San Marino last month that he had to stop watching . |
| 27 | I did look at the stripogram group because I was so horrified at the thought that they might do it again . |
| 28 | This form of political ‘ discourse ’ has become painfully familiar in the years since then , but it was sufficiently new at the time to mislead many as to the true target of the strictures . |
| 29 | She was long overdue at the ICO . |
| 30 | It was less crowded at the rear of the room and he thought of pausing there , where he could watch la Principessa and still draw a breath of air that was not perfumed half to death , but then he patted the slender cigar in the breast pocket of the dinner-jacket that had been hand-tailored to fit his sinew-hardened body and decided that only a whiff of tobacco would fully cleanse his nostrils of the mix of scents that hung in the over-heated room . |