Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adj] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Toulouse also , the steadily falling value of comital coins in the second half of the century made them relevant at last to the needs of the merchant classes . |
| 2 | PICTURE THAT MADE ME SICK AT Lord Spencer 's funeral , Diana reached for Lady Spencer 's arm . |
| 3 | So we put a , as a rider on , that it had already passed the rider it says there , but we found it unacceptable at P A G. |
| 4 | Like Sarah he found it strange at first having to change roles from competitor to coach . |
| 5 | I found it unbelievable at that time that boys would genuinely want to ask me out and found me attractive . |
| 6 | All through the African campaign I longed to hear from you , and found it hard at times to keep a stiff upper lip without your help . |
| 7 | We found it hard at times , but my players showed character and that was what earned them both points . ’ |
| 8 | She says , ‘ I found it difficult at first having to relinquish the coaching responsibilities , but it was great working with Rob . |
| 9 | Celia hoped they were still loyal enough to be decently enthusiastic , even if they found it difficult at first to appreciate the new subtlety of Yorick 's music . |
| 10 | As a mature student I found it difficult at first to work on my own or in groups but now that the course is settling down , I feel that I will be able to tackle most tasks in business because we have had to learn to look for information and assimilate it so that we make it work for us . |
| 11 | Coming from a strong military background and dealing with an alcoholic mother taught him self-reliance at an early age . |
| 12 | He folded it open at a page of stocks and shares , and as he was looking down the lists he gave the man two dollars . |
| 13 | Strong drink , and a frequent excess of it , made him unreliable at times , both in his judgements on the course and in his time-keeping . |
| 14 | This made him popular at home , but enraged Alexander III . |
| 15 | It kept me awake at nights , it made me forget what I was doing during the day . |
| 16 | The greatest single restriction on my practice was not being able to request X-rays when senior medical staff were not in the department , This rendered me ineffective at times when I could be best used , namely evenings and weekends . |
| 17 | Those memories kept him awake at night , often leaving him sweating and fearful after dreaming of long dark tunnels and falling through space . |
| 18 | I thought it odd at the time that he should feel so at home there . ’ |
| 19 | Bottles of boiling water from the kitchen kept us warm at night and provided sterile drinking water for the next day . |
| 20 | Perhaps the most important achievement of Nicholas 's reign was the codification of the laws : the publication of an authoritative digest in 1835 made it possible at least to begin to impose standard procedures on the bureaucracy . |
| 21 | To the employers , the entry of women made it possible at last to nibble away at — or do away with — such " restrictive practices " . |
| 22 | It was marked a vista , which made it payable at sight . |
| 23 | Her temper made it inadvisable at other times . |
| 24 | But the complication involved in writing the program and allowing for the high number of physical variables made it impracticable at that time . |
| 25 | Dennis Hopper , then a mere passing acquaintance of Nicholson 's had , in comparison , made it big at nineteen , appearing with Dean in Rebel Without a Cause and Giant . |
| 26 | I w I I personally er made it clear at the time when they changed the rules er er fairly recently , that I did n't think they should . |
| 27 | The data sheets described a wide range of shades of co-operative activity in the planning , developing , or running of programmes , which made it inappropriate at times to define the programmes as either internal or external . |
| 28 | I got it cheap at the Co-op at Lyme . |
| 29 | but you would be the one that got it wrong at the end of the week if you did n't |
| 30 | Geoffrey , my brother , did him proud at the funeral and the young rabbi in Hull was moving and personal in his eulogy . |