Example sentences of "so [adj] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several townspeople were so depressed at the semi-popish ways of Charles I and Archbishop Laud that they took their idealism to the New World , to a new and more perfect Dorchester . |
| 2 | This followed the same successful formula that proved so popular at the 1990 Newbury Rally . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's unusual for a girl to be so good at the technical stuff , ’ he went on . |
| 4 | He 's no match for you , and I wo n't have him abused for being so good at the one thing he does well . |
| 5 | Christopher 's very good at doing the flat ones but not so good at the three D ones . |
| 6 | This uncertainty is not so important at the present time , when things are far apart , so that a small uncertainty in position does not make much difference . |
| 7 | If I was lucky , Gav would be so shocked at the very idea I had had carnal knowledge of an aunt — even one of the not-really-an-aunt variety — that he would just pretend it had n't happened . |
| 8 | By the current standards of research finance , this is a far-fetched , politically naive scheme , long on committee intricacies so beloved at the committee-bound Academy . |
| 9 | I give this portion of my estate as a thank-offering in the firm conviction that never again shall we have such a chance of giving our country that form of help which is so vital at the present time . |
| 10 | Why they were so good and why they were so bad at the same time . ’ |