Example sentences of "but i [be] [adj] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to provide advice on population planning in some Catholic countries , but I am pleased at the progress that we are beginning to make . |
| 2 | Just one other other point , there is the issue of sustainable development Professor Lock referred to erm alright we 'll bring in the railway line er as as part of your criteria , but I am concerned at the the general dispersal that is er envisaged in the sort of development er that he suggested . |
| 3 | But I am worried at the concept of a course of study , such as a National Curriculum , which restricts itself to only the traditional well-trodden roads . |
| 4 | I could do the English and the intelligence tests , but I was hopeless at mental arithmetic : for some reason my mind would go blank whenever I tried to visualise numbers instead of seeing them written down . |
| 5 | Said delighted Northern coach Peter Fox : ‘ When you come to Knowsley Road and win you know you are championship material — but I was surprised at the number of points we scored . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But I was surprised at her type ; you would think she could have got a job , a decent one somewhere . |
| 7 | It is obvious that large volumes of private cars use the Park roads but I was surprised at the extent of this , as revealed by the Traffic Survey — nearly 20,000 vehicles a day . |
| 8 | I 'm sorry I have to dash off again , but I 'm due at Bartons in thirty minutes . |
| 9 | I would n't like to say where I might end up but I 'm happy at the moment . |
| 10 | ‘ My contract is up in May but I 'm happy at the club and would love to stay next season if I 'm wanted that is , ’ he said from his home in East Kilbride . |
| 11 | I 'm wrong in these clothes , and I 'm wrong in London , but I 'm fine at the forge , or in the kitchen , or on the marshes . |
| 12 | He 's holding his hand out to me , yelling at me , but I 'm stuck there , terrified , screaming , and I do n't know what to do , ca n't think what to do , even while he 's yelling at me to help him , come out to him , get a branch , but I 'm petrified at the thought of setting foot on that white , treacherous surface and I ca n't imagine finding a branch , ca n't think what to do as I look one way towards the tall trees above the hidden gorge and the other along the shore of the loch towards the boat-house but there are no branches , there 's only snow everywhere , and then Andy stops struggling and slips under the whiteness . |