Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] at [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Lin Foh blinked , quite astonished at being spoken to so sharply . |
| 32 | Richard , who had so far remained silent , was bitterly disappointed at being unable to send the message to their mother . |
| 33 | Mark Wright , bitterly disappointed at being axed by England , has resigned himself to missing tomorrow 's Anfield battle with Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 34 | OSWESTRY TOWN officials admit they are bitterly disappointed at being rejected from the Cymru Alliance . |
| 35 | It did n't seem to me the way to behave towards someone with whom you had shared a good many midnight hours , swopping confidences and generally letting your hair down , not to mention the many other evenings when we had had such fun with Henry and Jimmy , and I felt rather aggrieved at being treated this way . |
| 36 | I started with the knowledge , from my experience of the world , that a cat is likely to be very unhappy at being stuck under a gate ; that a human , by virtue of greater intelligence and manual dexterity is likely to be able to free such a cat ; that humans generally like to alleviate the suffering of pets ; and that old women in British society have an — often misplaced — belief in the practical abilities of men . |
| 37 | The thing he 's very good at is opening bottles and he 's quite clever at other things , too . |
| 38 | Erm one of the things that is very good at is in in technical applications such as CADCAM . |
| 39 | Being aggressive is just as bad as being submissive it really is because people swing to one side you know it some people are very good at being aggressive and are very good at diving in and getting their own way and just ju by being aggressive it 's naturally aggressive . |
| 40 | He chose me as his master , which appealed to me enormously , as it 's one of my functions in life to be a teacher , so I was very happy at being this kind of pedagogue . |
| 41 | He had been very annoyed at being left behind . |
| 42 | I was too excited at being in such a strange city on the other side of the world for there to be any question of going back to sleep again . |
| 43 | To those who did agree to sell , but now find their acceptance forms are being returned to them , I can only hope that you are not too disappointed at being involuntarily back on the winning side ! |