Example sentences of "and was [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked back behind him for the last several hundred yards , and was shocked at the sheer , mindless , bestial ferocity of the crowd . |
| 2 | The Court Circular for 19 October 1990 reports the following : ‘ The Queen this afternoon visited Oriel College , Oxford and was present at the Installation Service in the Chapel of the Reverend Professor Ernest Nicholson as the Fiftieth Provost of the College . |
| 3 | Indeed , he was extremely furious and led the fight to establish a new body and was present at the first meeting of the British Deaf and Dumb Association in Leeds in 1890 . |
| 4 | Although Edward never again went on crusade , Grandson himself led a small expedition to the east in 1290 and was present at the fall of Acre in May 1291 . |
| 5 | During that period he witnessed the dissolution of the League of Nations , and was present at the creation of the new order , participating in both the Bretton Woods ( 1944 ) and San Francisco ( 1945 ) conferences . |
| 6 | Although he played only a minor military role in the war , he was a colonel by 1646 and was present at the capture of Ludlow in May . |
| 7 | But a spokesman for NatWest said : ‘ When the reference was prepared it was provided in good faith and was reasonable at the time it was prepared . |
| 8 | She was respected by everyone she worked with and was brilliant at the job . |
| 9 | So , changing tack , ‘ You 're expecting Mr Gajdusek today ? ’ she questioned , and when she saw that she was n't getting through , she pointed to her watch and in pidgin English enquired , ‘ What time Mr Gajdusek come ? ’ and was incredulous at the answer . |
| 10 | The reticence of the General Council was deliberate for it feared the violence which might ensue if all workers came out and was alarmed at the prospect of mass defections leading to the rapid collapse of the dispute if it did not immediately meet its objectives . |
| 11 | During the Pilgrimage of Grace , Robert Aske talked of the northern abbeys in terms of the particular social needs of the North , and was alarmed at the prospect of their lands falling into the hands of men from the South ( 73 , pp.34 , 123 ) . |
| 12 | I was surprised to find that hospitals appear to have standard forms of refusal to accept a blood transfusion and was dismayed at the layout of the form used in this case . |
| 13 | She was amazed that the food was served by a maid and was appalled at the stiffness and formality of the conversation . |
| 14 | Corbett gently led the conversation on to the late King and was surprised at the outburst he drew . |
| 15 | She was allowed to continue with her mending — she did not know that we had spread a thick layer of gum upon the chair and was surprised at the alacrity with which we saw to all her needs so that she should never move . |
| 16 | Muriel held the broad shoulders and was surprised at the strangeness of the proximity , just as she had been surprised at the sight of Delia 's loosened hair some weeks before . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't , ’ she said , and was surprised at the unsteadiness with which she walked across the room , lifted the receiver , handled the mundane enquiry . |
| 18 | In 1930 , though , Eliot wrote to Dobrée that he thought order and authority dangerous catchwords and was horrified at the modern scorning of democracy ; he worried about the way national and racial characteristics were becoming contested issues . |
| 19 | Now , he stared down at his Saturday suit and was afraid at the new possibility that he had become a man set in his ways , upset by change . |
| 20 | ‘ Dr Armitage , I confess I had hoped for a little more from someone who knew Dr Wetherby so well and was resident at the same convention . |
| 21 | King Charles II visited the troops on Leith Links and was resident at the time in the mansion of Lord Balmerino , Kirkgate . |
| 22 | The question of jurisdiction depended not on the truth or falsehood of the charge but upon its nature and was determinable at the commencement not at the conclusion of the inquiry . |
| 23 | The driver , Christopher Hart , who 's thirty-nine and was unemployed at the time , was seen to slow down and then accelerate off , leaving the girl fatally injured . |
| 24 | He heard himself saying it was surely the thought that counted , and was astonished at the banal words that hurtled from his mouth . |