Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they 'll probably rather annoying at the moment . |
| 2 | Otherwise the earliest autumn record was 15 October , and arrival was most usual at the end of this month or in November . |
| 3 | The only trouble was , her account was rather overdrawn at the moment . |
| 4 | After one visit to a juvenile court where some gang members had been committed to Approved School after ‘ carrying out depredations against shopkeepers over quite a wide area ’ , Dr Bryan ‘ could not help feeling a little depressed at the thought of so much high spirit , imagination , ingenuity and daring shut up behind high walls ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Your mother is a little depressed at the moment . |
| 6 | She felt rather guilty at the thought , then told herself she was being ridiculous . |
| 7 | A little apprehensive at the turn just past the Saulnier farm , the spot referred to by the Brigadier that was within earshot of the enemy . |
| 8 | Georgina was most upset at the time . |
| 9 | She looked back over that stormy summer and was surprised to see each scene , even the ones that had seemed rather painful at the time , shining with an almost holy silver light . |
| 10 | All this , one may presume further , was supposed to supply the missing will and determination of the indigenous people and just in case the French might be feeling a little faint-hearted at the prospect , the US should immediately reconsider its policy at the first sign that the French were planning to give up or even if they planned to take the problem to the UN . |
| 11 | Playing open chords around the bottom frets feels fine ; the top two strings have been left a little high at the nut , but the E , A , D and G are perfect . |
| 12 | Lewis was feeling puzzled now , and a little embarrassed at the course of the conversation : ‘ Probably a good thing now and then — clears the air , sort of . ’ |
| 13 | Her friends plainly felt sorry for her , a little embarrassed at the fact that she did not have a husband to contribute to the conversation , nor children , nor any of the little ups and downs of family life . |
| 14 | He was not using Fairbrother 's soap , Richard was sure of that , even though his mother had made sure that he had been supplied with the exact brand most popular at the school . |
| 15 | In the first study we were able to show that clients treated in either mode were significantly less depressed at the end of treatment than those held on a waiting list for the same length of time ( Scott and Stradling , 1990 ) , and that this reduction in symptoms was maintained for up to 12 months post treatment — see Figure 3 . |
| 16 | It 's possible that your feelings are especially strong at the moment because you can see both your children growing away from the baby stage , leaving you with the knowledge that that chapter of your life is perhaps closed . |
| 17 | The race is also being used by Poland , Mexico , Norway and Denmark as their trials for the Olympic Games and though the field is not so strong at the front , it looks to be a proving ground for the visitors , in an effort to beat times already set by their countrymen to enable them to go to Barcelona . |
| 18 | Her blouse was scooped so low at the front that it left her shoulders and upper arms bare . |
| 19 | Carers and friends need to start where the person is at , and not wonder how it is that someone can seem so upset at the death of a pet and yet apparently unmoved by the untimely death of their spouse . |
| 20 | The gain in realistic security for groups , as for the person , in this replacement of the pleasure principle by the reality principle , is only possible at the expense of instinctual gratification . |
| 21 | The French made Line 7s are not as high cut as the other two models and are especially low at the back of the heel to avoid pressure on the Achilles tendon and the subsequent risk of tendonitis . |
| 22 | ‘ It was like a comedy , ’ says Banderas , who spoke only Spanish at the time . |
| 23 | I felt so depressed at the end despite a good run . |
| 24 | Polly swallowed , her mouth suddenly dry at the thought of those bronzed and powerful arms holding her close against his lean , hard-muscled body as , with a warning glare , he kept those who would come between them at bay . |
| 25 | I was so needy at the time that I think I would have gone off with the first person who told me I was attractive and showed my affection . |
| 26 | Parties associated with policies of increasing taxation and growing public expenditure appeared to be less popular at the ballot box . |
| 27 | Such incidents were not always so funny at the time , though , in retrospect we always had a good laugh . |
| 28 | The birdsong , so clear at the edge of the forest , was now quiet . |
| 29 | The tall man looked so bereft at the loss of his luggage , his inability to recall where he was supposed to be staying ; she watched a lot of movies and thought he looked a bit like that gentleman who was always asking people to make his day , but he talked like the man with the funny bird-feather in his hat from ‘ Dallas ’ . |
| 30 | It had all seemed so different at the start of the campaign . |