Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] at [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members will be aware that ex-Councillors and were unsuccessful at the polls and I wish to ask the Council to place on record its thanks to their contribution to the work of this Council made by those members and to wish them well in the future . |
| 2 | Groups representing disabled people were horrified at the proposals . |
| 3 | No directors were present at the creditors meeting , held on January 21 . |
| 4 | Opposition Members and all the organisations which were present at the proceedings were under the clear impression that all affirmative orders would be the subject of a separate debate so that these very important matters could be gone through line by line , if necessary . |
| 5 | The veterans have become increasingly alarmed at the incidence of illness — especially cancers amongst the 20,000 who were present at the tests . |
| 6 | Although the European lesbian and gay community were angry at the police brutality , there was a widespread feeling that the women had behaved very stupidly , jeopardising themselves , their hosts , and the tour . |
| 7 | She was tanned and her hair was fairer at the roots . |
| 8 | you know trying to find an assistant cos there was n't one walking about cos there was some at the tills but there were n't any walking around and it was very busy , there were lots of people going through the tills . |
| 9 | The Arab world was alarmed at the implications of the new Cabinet for the peace process , formed as it was at a time when the USA was considering breaking off its 16-month dialogue with the PLO , following the abortive raid on the Israeli coast on May 30 [ see this page for breaking off of dialogue on June 20 ] . |
| 10 | And the cold was worst at the feet , he thought . |
| 11 | I fed him well whenever I was lucky at the fishmongers , though the other staff were not all as fond of sea food as we were . |
| 12 | The walls of the pit were almost sheer , falling fifty feet to smooth , dull water that was jagged at the edges , like the top of a tin can . |
| 13 | I was thrilled at the results . |
| 14 | His black suit , now tinged with green , was shiny at the elbows and knees . |
| 15 | As Philip Gibbs , correspondent for the London Daily Telegraph who was present at the battles as an observer , wrote : ‘ The suffering of all the German troops , huddled together in exposed places , must be as hideous as anything in the agony of mankind , slashed to bits by storms of shells and urged forward to counter-attacks which they know will be their death . ’ |
| 16 | He worked closely with the composer in Sonatas Nos. 3 , 4 , 5 and 6 who was present at the sessions , close to the piano , conducting the changes of tempo . |
| 17 | but in the twenties I was better at the pictures or somewhere like that , which you could get for a few pence , but you 're not walking about or doing tiring thing . |
| 18 | Churchill 's support for détente may seem odd in view of his earlier criticisms of the ‘ iron curtain' , but Churchill was concerned at the dangers of global war ( especially after the explosion of hydrogen bombs by America and Russia in 1952 and 1953 ) ; he had hopes of establishing a reputation as a peacemaker , to match his reputation as a war leader ; and he believed Britain could play a major role as the arbiter between Moscow and Washington . |
| 19 | There was more at the weekends than there was through the middle of the week . |
| 20 | Apart from her visits to Marion and Hector and the babies , she was busy at the hives , for it was the end of the season , and they had all the honey to draw and store . |
| 21 | As a board member of Essex Training and Enterprise Council he was pleased at the measures to help train the long term unemployed . |
| 22 | It also set out the er as you 'll see from here Well if you look at the detailed information that er was available at the exhibitions , you 'll see that it runs through er the effect of the routes on first of all all the vehicle travellers , gives the time savings , vehicle operating cost savings , value accident savings for each of the options . |
| 23 | When I first came to England with your father , I was shocked at the women 's laziness here . |
| 24 | He was a man who was used to the supernatural but he was amazed at the things that he saw ! |
| 25 | According to Walsingham , whose account of the parliament is admittedly full of malice and prejudice , Gaunt was amazed at the commons ' attitude : ‘ Do they think , he said , that they are kings and princes in this land ? |
| 26 | I was amazed at the answers and simply had to reply . |
| 27 | This fellow Simon , you read about him in a few verses earlier , he was a , he was a magician , a so , er a sorcerer , he was the , the wi the witch doctor if you like , if he was in i i in an African situation , there he was , he was the medicine man of the town , of the area and he too believed and was converted , he was baptized , and he was amazed at the miracles that he 'd seen being performed by Philip through the power of God . |
| 28 | A flouncy negligee and a pair of tights lay over one chair ; the tiny television was perched on another ; a soggy packet of frozen spinach lay beside the gas-ring ; on the crumpled candlewick of the bed an Evening Standard was open at the entertainments ' page so she could decide which film to go and see . |
| 29 | The Camel Benetton Ford driver was outraged at the tactics used by Senna to keep him at bay for several laps . |
| 30 | Nutty was excited at the opportunities that had opened up , and finding out Seb 's all-too-human frailty inspired her to thoughts of a smashing victory . |