Example sentences of "was [adj] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understood how Mother felt when she knew she was pregnant at long last . |
| 2 | In doing so , he failed to appreciate the political impact on the British , who had put their faith in Skybolt as a way of maintaining the greatest measure of independence for their nuclear deterrent that was practicable at reasonable cost . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The figure had snapped in two at the waist , and was prone at right angles to itself . |
| 5 | A MIDWIFE who delivered 42 babies and was present at other births was found to be HIV positive , a health chief confirmed yesterday . |
| 6 | By command of The Queen , the Lord Reay ( Lord in Waiting ) was present at Royal Air Force Northolt this afternoon upon the departure of The Duke of Gloucester for Portugal and bade farewell to His Royal Highness on behalf of Her Majesty . |
| 7 | I was good at English history , sport |
| 8 | She was good at blocking things out . |
| 9 | On Sept. 30 Radio ELBC ( Monrovia ) said that the interim government was concerned at persistent reports of massacres by the NPFL of hundreds of civilians in the north-west . |
| 10 | At least I was able at future lectures to raise a laugh by pointing out that by printing chapter 15 first the Report provided an example of the pervasive influence of post-structuralism . |
| 11 | They resented the way in which the Chancellor interfered — in effect though not in theory — with their judgements , by prohibiting the man who was successful at Common Law from putting them into force . |
| 12 | Before the mid-Fifties , an attendance of 70,000 was common at leading clubs . |
| 13 | Kelly was excellent at right back , as was Dorigo on the left : once in the first half he stepped in from the left to tidy up the ball from charging Ippo players , strolled over to the right , and set up a counter attack down the flank , all with great ease ; he looks great . |
| 14 | He was excellent at charming wardrobe ladies , new young chorus members straight from music school , and surly , battered old musicians in the orchestra pit who had seen it all before . |
| 15 | It was test-flown at Long Beach where the pilot , Don Dinoff , reported excessive oil consumption and a marginal engine . |