Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] be [adj] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dear friends , do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering , as though something strange were happening to you . |
| 2 | Do n't be angry at me . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't be mad at her , though , she was only doing as I 'd asked . |
| 4 | I 've always been good at thinking on my feet . |
| 5 | I 've always been good at saving . |
| 6 | I 've always been good at painting ; I 'd nearly finished my picture — which included the ark and a mountain when Miss began telling us how rainbows were all an illusion caused by sunlight and raindrops . |
| 7 | You 've always been good at that . ’ |
| 8 | I 've always been hopeless at riddles . |
| 9 | ‘ After that I suppose I 'll start training for another marathon , but I 've never been good at looking to the future . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've never been good at showing my feelings , but yes , I love you . |
| 11 | " Your letters were always too short , Sara , and not detailed enough , but then you 've never been good at spilling all your thoughts in speech or writing , have you ? |
| 12 | Get a divorce they , they 've never been happy at all since they 've been married have they ? |
| 13 | Meanwhile , some European companies have long been successful at the world super-company level ( table 3 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ American companies have not been good at putting robots to work ’ , says Fred Sitkins , a specialist on robots at Western Michigan University . |
| 15 | Ask if they have ever been frightened at school and what frightened or upset them . |
| 16 | The lords in parliament , and in the courthouse and the castle , they do not know how we live — they know nothing about us , except that we will die for them , to protect their forts in India and in Scotland ’ — his voice sharpened suddenly , his arm swung round and pointed north and a gust of response rose out of the crowd — ‘ we have always been good at that , their demands can never be satisfied , regiments for the colonies , indentured servants and labourers for the plantations , they have scoured Scotland like a killing wind and the men have been whirled away in the blast of it . |
| 17 | She hoped people would want to try for the Number Power certificate as they learn and has even joined herself : ‘ I have always been rotten at maths but this is the ideal way to do it , ’ she said . |
| 18 | ‘ The Danes have always been handy at blowing horns . |
| 19 | And the Germans have always been excellent at map-reading . |
| 20 | I myself have often been surprised at how quickly so many people feel the benefit . |
| 21 | I think , because maybe you have n't been flexible at the outset , and all you 've ended up doing is scoring points off each other , |
| 22 | Greeks have never been good at the plodding job , even in their classical prime ; Demosthenes was not the only one to complain of that . |