Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adj] at this " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One of my daughters is an ardent feminist and she and I were appalled at this ‘ Bishop slams women ’ publicity . |
| 2 | I was disappointed at this and was afraid she was still vexed at me for bringing Frankie . |
| 3 | It was very embarrassing and I was shocked at this behaviour from a person I had thought of as kind of shy and introverted . ’ |
| 4 | I was furious at this . |
| 5 | The only other Hurricane of which I was aware at this time was flown by Hamish Hamilton , which was ahead and to my left . |
| 6 | I was surprised at this . |
| 7 | I was surprised at this and wondered again if they were short of money . |
| 8 | Needless to say I was staggered at this result . |
| 9 | ( I was glad at this time to remember that a woman in our own suburb had said to her once , ‘ I think you are the most attractive girl in the village ! ’ ) |
| 10 | I was useless at this job … . ’ |
| 11 | We were astounded at this wealth . |
| 12 | If they were successful at this stage , they would then have to find the fee . |
| 13 | I think historically although you know historians can much better than me , erm historically maybe the way that the rock has been worked with a bagging system and it was you know and lots of quarry men had little bits of farm as well around Blaenau especially and you get a feeling er from reading about it that er you know they have a an almost self employed attitude to their to their work and their rock and the fact that er they 'd do it in their own you know wor work the rock in a certain way and this and very sort of proud erm of their work and that and From talking a lot to them and being close to you know it you feel that that that 's still very much the same really you know there is this sort of close relationship and that with their em employers there was you know a lot of you know was n't it was n't straight it as straight as you said a straight employer employee relationship that they was A lot of s sort of er give and take probably and I think they were outraged at this sort of McGregor type tactic really that you know this new machine . |
| 14 | They were prepared to compromise because they I 'm sure that you know you ca n't imagine them not being really but because they 're such erm they were outraged at this machine but they were prepared to give it a try but the way it was bulldozed through that once the machine was there there was no choice then and almost you know get going boys get more and more and more slate you know greed they felt the employer was being greedy at the expense of quality . |
| 15 | They were quiet at this early hour and the cobbled stones still glistened from the night 's rain . |
| 16 | They were amazed at this big , big voice coming out of this tiny girl . ’ |
| 17 | But for the mechanical hospital bed , she might have been in a first-class hotel : the sitting room was agreeably furnished in eau-de-Nil , the bedroom in old rose ; the interconnecting rooms faced the sea over lawns and flower beds , though they were bleak at this time of the year . |
| 18 | It was possible at this time to cross the harbour by stepping from one boat to another , so closely were they moored . |
| 19 | It was necessary at this juncture because the parties controlling the new republic were inherently incapable of safeguarding French interests and sovereignty in the face of a looming world crisis . |
| 20 | It was obvious at this stage that the race was going to develop into the best of the day so far and when Lofthouse moved ahead again with one lap to go , Robert had it all to do . |
| 21 | He was unrecognizable at this distance , but the woman who followed him a moment later only had to take a couple of steps for Pascoe to know that this was Gwen Evans again . |
| 22 | At first he was surprised at this and only when they referred to him as an ‘ adult ’ did he realize that some time in the previous weeks the last of his juvenile plumage had moulted and his wings now had the rich and glossy glow of an adult golden eagle . |
| 23 | Southey wrote long afterwards that he was astonished at this turn of events , since Coleridge , such a short time before , had talked of being ‘ deeply in love with a certain Mary Evans ’ ; Coleridge , on the other hand , was later to blame Southey for having persuaded him into marriage against his will . |