Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] at this " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm good at this . |
| 2 | I 'm useless at this , |
| 3 | As far as I 'm concerned at this particular moment in time you 're both those things . |
| 4 | ‘ One of my daughters is an ardent feminist and she and I were appalled at this ‘ Bishop slams women ’ publicity . |
| 5 | I was disappointed at this and was afraid she was still vexed at me for bringing Frankie . |
| 6 | It was very embarrassing and I was shocked at this behaviour from a person I had thought of as kind of shy and introverted . ’ |
| 7 | I was furious at this . |
| 8 | The only other Hurricane of which I was aware at this time was flown by Hamish Hamilton , which was ahead and to my left . |
| 9 | I was surprised at this . |
| 10 | I was surprised at this and wondered again if they were short of money . |
| 11 | Needless to say I was staggered at this result . |
| 12 | ( 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 ! ’ ) |
| 13 | I was useless at this job … . ’ |
| 14 | You are new at this , are n't you ? ’ |
| 15 | Ah you 're good at this are n't you Carl . |
| 16 | I hope you 're good at this Doctor . |
| 17 | You 're good at this book are n't you Tim ? |
| 18 | Ah Vicky you 're hopeless at this . |
| 19 | We were astounded at this wealth . |
| 20 | Pakistanis are used to politicians behaving badly ; but even they are shocked at this week 's outbreak of trickery and thuggery . |
| 21 | He reported after the Sixth Comintern Congress that ’ As a rule , when we tell our Latin American comrades , on meeting them for the first time , that the situation of their country is that of a semi-colony and consequently we must consider the problems concerning it from the viewpoint of our colonial or semi-colonial tactics , they are indignant at this notion and assert that their country is independent , that it is represented in the League of Nations , has its own diplomats , consulates , etc . ’ |
| 22 | Pro provided they 're relevant at this level . |
| 23 | If they were successful at this stage , they would then have to find the fee . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | They were quiet at this early hour and the cobbled stones still glistened from the night 's rain . |
| 27 | They were amazed at this big , big voice coming out of this tiny girl . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Er , a particular concern at the time of writing the report was the position concerning the long outstanding proposals to develop to redevelop the two sites in Harlow erm to date we have no information from the county , er , there was scheduled to be erm , the meeting due to take place on the twenty second of September but the county er cancelled that meeting so it 's impossible at this stage to give any further comment on that erm although I believe that matter 's being taken up . |
| 30 | Chapter 6 offers specific advice on some aspects of developing good study habits , but it 's important at this early stage to understand something about human learning . |