Example sentences of "was [adj] at the thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where once she had been desperate not to miss Johnny , now it seemed that she was fearful at the thought of meeting him . |
| 2 | LIKE any little boy , Christopher Hood was thrilled at the thought of seeing DisneyWorld . |
| 3 | She was the first girl , and Mrs Malloy was thrilled at the thought of spoiling her rotten . |
| 4 | I knew that I was being considered for the MBE , to be announced in the next Queen 's Birthday Honours , and to say I was stunned at the thought was an understatement . |
| 5 | I was excited at the thought of finding fossils eight hundred miles from the sea , but I chastised myself for being so stupid . |
| 6 | I was excited at the thought of the unknown . |
| 7 | The Marshal could not stop her , and , although I was afraid for her , I was excited at the thought of seeing her again . |
| 8 | Tragic Victor Dudley , 59 , who had fallen behind with his mortgage after losing his job , was heartbroken at the thought of leaving the house where he had lived for 30 years . |
| 9 | Never one for taking risks , IAN ‘ SAFETY FIRST ’ OSBORNE was terrified at the thought of reviewing this one , but he soon got the hang of it . |
| 10 | She was , of course , unbaptised , and I was terrified at the thought of her burning in hell . |
| 11 | He was appalled at the thought of turning into a pub at five-thirty for a quiet drink and finding that it had been converted into a Poets ' Pub , ‘ reverberating , like an African village , with the roll of ‘ Drake 's Drum . ’ . |
| 12 | Constance was appalled at the thought of being alone with her but rose helplessly as Gioella stretched out her hand . |
| 13 | It would always belong to him and he belonged to Maria Luisa and their beautiful daughter and Ruth was distraught at the thought and always would be . |