Example sentences of "and [adj] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was very annoyed and upset at the time because there were other girls of my age in the dale and they could go and I could not . |
| 2 | Remembering that the elderly often become quite anxious and upset at the prospect of any change or disturbance of their normal routine , however pleasing the end-result promises to be , you will need to take anything they may regard as an ‘ upheaval ’ very slowly . |
| 3 | One man who emerged from the tour with much credit was Alan Smith , the manager , who had been diplomacy personified during the political crisis and sensitive and supportive at the time of Barrington 's death . |
| 4 | Ken 's job in the library often leaves him tired and touchy at the end of a day . |
| 5 | To prevent them rolling off into the water , the eggs are cuneiform , or wedge-shaped : narrow at one end and broad at the other . |
| 6 | He had been unemployed and depressed at the time of the theft , and had since started attending college and returned to live with his mother . |
| 7 | I was young and foolish at the time , |
| 8 | 8/Face sketched in lightly , eyes are lowered as is the custom in San'a to be as demure as possible if not a little apprehensive and afraid at the prospect of meeting your husband for the first time on your wedding night . |
| 9 | Screams from a nearby interrogation block have been heard loud and clear at the desk of the duty sergeant at Castlereagh without causing anyone to intervene to stop the maltreatment . |
| 10 | But on April 1st the worriers will find that the NHS is still firmly in the public sector — financed from taxation and free at the point of delivery . |
| 11 | It will continue to be true to its founding principles , available to all and free at the point of delivery , ’ she said . |
| 12 | The secrets of the period , hidden and unknowable at the time , have been revealed in the historical conclusion of 1914 . |
| 13 | Mr Lamont looked uncomfortable and embarrassed at the party , attended by the press , on Wednesday night . |
| 14 | Everything became one long dreary goodbye as parents came to thank Cassie for all she had done for their children , and the children themselves became sad and fretful at the thought that soon Cassie would no longer be their teacher . |
| 15 | One night of winter , with howling winds blowing and heavy rain lashing the streets , he arrived cold and wet at the Club , went straight to the bar as usual , and was given his usual drink by the bar man , ‘ Johnny ’ . |
| 16 | He 'd swopped lunchtime 's grey suit for soft cream twill trousers , beautifully cut and pleated at the waistband , with a dark olive silk shirt . |
| 17 | Aside from the fact that he does n't actually discuss it in any detail , there is little more than a disappointed huffing and puffing at the exhaustion of the avant-garde 's shock value ( backed up by a particularly crass quotation from Peter Bürger about Duchamp 's readymades ) and some utterly routine panting over the outlandish prices being currently paid for Van Goghs — plus a quotation from a sub-Warholian Manhattan ‘ artist ’ answering an art magazine questionnaire with a few smart remarks about business and producing art for the market . |
| 18 | The Germans themselves , reported William Shirer , seemed glum and resentful at the prospect of war . |
| 19 | Three months on I er I 'm even mor angry , appalled and disgusted at the hypocrisy of the members opposite because , if they really care about the unemployed , why do n't they support this Scheme ? |
| 20 | The EC issued a statement on Feb. 7 saying that its member states were " shocked and dismayed at the government of Sudan 's continued failure … to co-operate with donors and non-governmental organizations in implementing measures to ensure that emergency supplies reach the needy populations in time " . |
| 21 | They were afraid of the closeness of the trees and dismayed at the loss of their horses . |
| 22 | Following an illness , and dismayed at the prospect of remaining a home-bound spinster , she began , when already nearly forty , to travel rough in the then hardly visited Balkans , and she described her experiences in a series of vivid and forthright books . |
| 23 | It stood a few feet above the nodding , windy heather and was open and grassy at the top . |
| 24 | But her father the king was angry and sad at the loss of his daughter ; he asked a wise woman to find out what had become of the princess . |
| 25 | Brownie and Lola were young and defiant at a time when those who went their own way were considered to be delinquent . |
| 26 | Equally relieved at the removal of any suspicion towards Dieter and delighted at the prospect of Dora 's embarrassment , she picked up her glass again and swallowed a mouthful of brandy with relish . |
| 27 | R rounded , rounded there and not much there , and sawn-off at the back . |
| 28 | Reasonableness is thus judged in the light of circumstances known and foreseeable at the time the contract was made . |
| 29 | They 're just nice and comfortable at the end of the day when your feet are really swollen but nice and easy to wear but if it 's tight |
| 30 | Such views were both pervasive and unexceptional at the time . |