Example sentences of "[adj] at the [noun sg] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | The physician , a Muslim from India , made no protest to the Mutawas , but he was incensed at the role he was forced to play . |
| 2 | But for all that , Beth was delighted at the way he had come to share the love of his sister , Cissie , and her own son , Richard . |
| 3 | Dismayed at the pain he had inflicted and at the pain he himself felt in consequence , Richard rushed forward , then stopped a few feet from Victoria twisting from side to side in frustration , wondering how he could stop her crying . |
| 4 | In short , a producer relying on this defence needs to show that the defect was not discoverable at the time he supplied the product . |
| 5 | The reasons he feels uneasy at the task he 's given himself , of pamphleteering , are first that he 's not he 's had to interrupt his studies and is not get learned enough for his poem , though you will have noticed he considers himself quite learned enough for ecclesiastical politics . |
| 6 | The speaker was an ambitious young graduate , seeking accelerated promotion and not pleased at the notion he might have got into an accident-prone unit . |
| 7 | She said she used to get annoyed at the way he tired himself out running round after them , but she obviously thought it was jolly clever of him . ’ |
| 8 | But not only that at the end he 's also , as well as the house he 's getting a pension as well instead of just the house . |
| 9 | Next morning the humour in this wore decidedly thin , as Marshall in particular sent down bouncer after bouncer , unchecked by umpire Constant and apparently unconcerned at the damage he might do — such as badly bruising Fowler 's arm and causing him to retire for a while . |
| 10 | He was n't surprised at the horror he read in her eyes . |
| 11 | He 'd be surprised at the reaction he 'd get . |
| 12 | Ace in particular seemed genuinely interested in her work and , although she 'd never really been fooled into thinking his life was a hedonistic round of pleasure apart from risking his life sixteen weekends a year , she was quite surprised at the dedication he displayed in keeping fit and the work he put in behind the scenes . |
| 13 | Corbett gently led the conversation on to the late King and was surprised at the outburst he drew . |
| 14 | The manager looked aggrieved at the suggestion he might be privy to the contents of one of the high-security lockers . |
| 15 | PHIL Thompson is still bitter at the way he was treated at Anfield . |