Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumour has it that most of them are unhedged at these levels : they did not expect the currency to rise this far . |
| 2 | I am alive at last . |
| 3 | ‘ I do not believe I am confused at all , Mr Stevens . |
| 4 | They eat ‘ dinner ’ at nine in the evening or even later , while I am ravenous at five o'clock when at home we would usually be having tea . |
| 5 | I am ready at any time , any place to take part in such a debate . |
| 6 | I am adrift at last . |
| 7 | I 've come straight from the hospital , and now I 'm on my way to St Mary 's , where I 'm due at five . |
| 8 | I 'm good at that . |
| 9 | Yes , I 'm good at that |
| 10 | I 'm told I 'm good at English but I do n't get very high marks . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm good at this . |
| 12 | I 'm warm at last . |
| 13 | And she said , that 's right you did say , she said I 'm all at sixes and sevens she said , and everything 's upside down ! |
| 14 | I 'm better at that , ’ Emily smiled . |
| 15 | If I 'm depressed at all it is that I think that you could make this process slightly less obtrusive and violent and spark-generating if there was more systematic analysis and discussion beforehand , going back a long way . |
| 16 | Instead of whining about my memory I should be thanking my lucky stars I 'm alive at all . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm lousy at small talk , and it helped . ’ |
| 18 | Oh please , not Hemingway 's ‘ grace under pressure ’ , I thought , I 'm crap at all that ; and now circumstances have found me out far more comprehensively than Petra 's eagle stare ever could . |
| 19 | I 'm surprised at that Rog cos we 've |
| 20 | I 'm I 'm surprised at that hang on er we 've got Mark on yellow what number is yellow twenty two . |
| 21 | I 'm surprised at that |
| 22 | Given the resources of both my PC and printer , I 'm surprised at these delays . |
| 23 | I 'm useless at this , |
| 24 | I 'M FREE AT LAST ! |
| 25 | As far as I 'm concerned at this particular moment in time you 're both those things . |
| 26 | I do n't think I 'm weird at all . |
| 27 | ‘ One of my daughters is an ardent feminist and she and I were appalled at this ‘ Bishop slams women ’ publicity . |
| 28 | It was a miracle that I was alive at all . |
| 29 | I was nervous at first . |
| 30 | I was disappointed at this and was afraid she was still vexed at me for bringing Frankie . |