Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [adj] at [adj] " 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 | We know from the appearances that you were present at that enquiry . |
| 3 | Lines angles and intersections , you were good at that , you were using your compass and doing things okay , and geometry of the circle , I , as I say tend tend to leave that with all the |
| 4 | Telling him you were pregnant at that point in time was the height of selfishness , ’ he went on . |
| 5 | ‘ I heard you were busy at other things . |
| 6 | I understand and you were responsible at all times for the figures which estimated the maintenance order and management services ? |
| 7 | What , what happened if you were ill at all or anything in the early days , did , did were you allowed time off for illness ? |
| 8 | We do n't get the impression erm of whether you were airborne at that stage . |
| 9 | ‘ So you were free at last ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We were shocked at first . |
| 11 | And she adds : ‘ We were shocked at first . |
| 12 | ‘ We were shocked at first ’ said Denise . |
| 13 | We were all at sixes and sevens , getting in one another 's way . |
| 14 | We were astounded at this wealth . |
| 15 | Perhaps they were all at this well-attended W.I. meeting , where not only hats , but coats and fur stoles seems to have been the thing . |
| 16 | Then the letters came fairly regularly , but they were strange at first — sometimes almost assuming the old relationship , sometimes defensively impersonal , as if he were afraid — we both were — to take too much for granted . |
| 17 | They were simple at first , like Poynder Terrace , but towards the end such houses as Manor Terrace were generous in accommodation and well constructed . |
| 18 | If they were successful at this stage , they would then have to find the fee . |
| 19 | So seriously indeed did the Residents take themselves that they were unwilling at first even to allow the stationing of subordinate European officers in the districts . |
| 20 | Only six weeks after their first date , proposed and they were married at nearby Bridgenorth in October followed by a honeymoon in Singapore and Penang . |
| 21 | They were distant at first , but though they came nearer , neither she nor Adam moved . |
| 22 | And I could rely on them because they were good at that job you see , particular job . |
| 23 | Other poor dealers were kept on in dealing jobs , because they were good at answering telephone inquiries , or at dealing on government privatisations . |
| 24 | Shares in Gateshead-based Quality Software Products Holdings Plc soared to a 41% premium to the 380 pence issue price when trading began yesterday on the London International Stock Exchange : they were firm at 537 pence by mid-morning . |
| 25 | Leaves , if they were present at all , were humble scales or spine-like projections . |
| 26 | They were present at all subsequent coronations until that of King Charles II at Scone on Ne'er Day 1651 — the last coronation at Scone and the last in Scotland . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Keoi look like ordinary human individuals — men and women — and in fact they were this at some time , but they performed a forbidden act which transformed them into keoi . |
| 30 | But , although they were amused at first , I do n't think they liked it and , after a while , he was sent for treatment . |