Example sentences of "he was at [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Alexandra took her father over every inch of her domain and he nodded at her enthusiasm , but if he was at all impressed by what she did , what she planned , he gave no sign . |
2 | Just because he knew about her it did not mean he was at all reliable . |
3 | This did not mean that he was at all sympathetic to evolutionary ideas , which seemed crude and mechanical ; but he was not patient either with ‘ Bridgewater writing ’ , because it meant seeing the hand of God more in some things than others . |
4 | If he was at all interested it was up to him to make the first move . |
5 | It was just the way he was at that particular time . |
6 | He was at that hero-worshipping age . |
7 | The hunt for other reasons to explain the behaviour of a Ceauşescu misses the point : he was not ‘ really ’ a patriot or ‘ at heart ’ a reformer , though when he proclaimed that he was at any given moment one thing , he was that but at the same time was the opposite . |