Example sentences of "and [adj] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | So this last time she wanted to be in her office , correct and professional at the right time . |
| 2 | I am angry and disgusted at the feeble-minded lot at Northants and the petty-minded lot at Lord 's . |
| 3 | Some of the thirty thousand workers employed at the Midlands plants , incensed by the idleness forced on them by the Merseysiders and alarmed at the bleak prospect ahead , stormed through the streets to Clem Bunker 's regional office demanding action to get the Merseyside plants back to work . |
| 4 | She was a loving mother , tall and thin and delighted at the social success of ‘ Captain ’ Masters , the polite way the bank manager doffed his hat to her , and that she was not the only mother who was sending her son to Oxford . |
| 5 | Hillsborough fans must have been surprised and delighted at the no-nonsense way their manager told Manchester United to get lost as they attempted to sign David Hirst . |
| 6 | All chemical and biochemical reactions depend on electrical charges and biologically active molecules carry charges which may be positive at one end of the molecule and negative at the other end . |
| 7 | Their rule is perfect and effective at the practical level , but I could see no way of passing its benefits on , of helping or involving others . |
| 8 | Then I spotted something small , black and misshapen at the other end of the kitchen . |
| 9 | Thus in R v Stanley ( 1965 ) , Lord Chief Justice Parker explained the meaning of the terms ‘ indecent ’ and ‘ obscene ’ by suggesting that they both convey the same idea , ‘ namely , offending against recognised standards of propriety , indecent being at the lower end of the scale and obscene at the upper end ’ . |
| 10 | Unknown to the man who won more downhills than any other racer in history , the local ski patrol spent most of the night clearing snow by hand from the third tee and green at the local golf course in Copper Creek , the highest 18-hole golf course in North America , so that he could play golf on his birthday . |
| 11 | I 've been reading a copy of the above document and I must say I am very disturbed by its proposals , and disappointed at the negative attitude it conveys . |
| 12 | Now gasp and faint at the little lot on offer this week ! |