Example sentences of "[adj] at [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she had lost her virginity four nights earlier , Constance had been elated ; but now she felt as she had always understood women did on their bridal night : deeply upset and even slightly resentful at what had happened . |
| 2 | ‘ Mrs Fry was alarmed at you going . |
| 3 | He realized that we felt disgusted at what had been achieved in the commandos and that he had had this brainwave of small parties behind the lines . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm still absolutely disgusted at what has happened , but the emotion is one of sadness and bitter regret rather than anger . |
| 5 | And Papa , so sad at her going , could not mean ever to replace her . |
| 6 | Every evening after school and at weekends she 's hard at it doing research . |
| 7 | ‘ I said I would think about it , ’ Ven cut in , but she was pleased to see that he was relaxed still , and in no way hostile at her bringing the subject up again . |
| 8 | Instead she wrenched the door open , intending to shout something very rude at whoever had disturbed her quiet , peaceful morning . |
| 9 | ROARING TO GO … but yesterday the new Williams FW15 dream car was sitting pretty at its unveiling in London . |
| 10 | Having ideas is a pretty inscrutable process — rather well described in about 600 pages by Arthur Koestler in The Act of Creation — and is a very personal thing : different people who are good at it go about it in different ways . |
| 11 | He 's getting quite good at it falling , fallen |
| 12 | He 'd been unhappy at her leaving without some commitment , anxious that she should have the ‘ protection ’ of his ring on her finger . |
| 13 | Now the first step was from as I said earlier , I had stayed too long at I thought . |
| 14 | It could be speculated that the poem was written after Leapor 's dismissal from Edgcote House , and that her father was extremely angry at her returning as his dependent . |
| 15 | I wanted to buy some blades and socks , but most of all I wanted to avoid arriving back at the flat at the exact time she did , just in case Harvey should be angry at her disobeying him . |
| 16 | ‘ I felt ashamed at what happened , ’ she said . |
| 17 | ‘ She claimed people might be shocked at her remarrying so soon after Dennis 's death . |
| 18 | ‘ The murderer was meanwhile standing , shocked at what had happened , but still holding the gun . |
| 19 | ‘ She is a wonderful model and we are all shocked at what has happened , ’ said Sophie Wood . |
| 20 | He is shocked at what has happened to his son although he added that Darlington town centre has a reputation for violence . |
| 21 | And now , on a particular social occasion in the novel , he 's introduced to Bergotte at a gathering in the Faubourg Saint Germain erm and he 's shocked at what seems to be the gap between the man who faces him and the author whose works he has so admired , and he writes , ‘ My greeting was returned by a youthful , uncouth , small , thickset , shortsighted person , with a red nose , curled like a snail 's shell , and a black tuft on his chin . |
| 22 | If you really care about my happiness , you will be pleased at what has happened . |
| 23 | She went on : ‘ I am very pleased at what has happened today but there is always the fear that they will want to take it further . |
| 24 | when we used live at we lived down Nissen huts right ? |
| 25 | Being unpleasant is often the only thing they are good at , and so being successful at it makes them feel important . |
| 26 | He taught for a year in Scarborough and for two years at Beaumaris Grammar School before being appointed in 1906 to an assistant lectureship in the department of Celtic at what became University College , Cardiff . |
| 27 | Stephen Silk turns vigilante and is amazed at what goes on beside the railroad tracks |
| 28 | Carefully take the ha off the beaker , drop one tiny piece of ‘ hypo ’ crystal onto the surface of the solution , and watch amazed at what happens . |
| 29 | You watch amazed at what happens . |
| 30 | He has already been constantly amazed at what has taken place through Philip ! |