Example sentences of "[adj] at [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abashed at being caught spying , his tone was aggressive : ‘ Had a good time ? ’ |
| 2 | But maybe it was the way he was looking across at her with those all-seeing predatory jet-black eyes of his , or maybe it was the way she felt just a bit claustrophobic at being shut up beside him in the narrow confines of the car and the desire that sparked in her to have this ordeal over quickly , but all at once an idea popped into her head . |
| 3 | Informed by the queen-dowager of their decision , resentful at being refused permission to return home , Anne made her displeasure plain . |
| 4 | Resentful at being used as manual labourers , blacks then discovered that they were not entitled to the same pay increases as white troops because , as the War Office ruled , they were ‘ natives ’ . |
| 5 | It is hard to picture this woman as a gawky teenager , arriving in a new town , terribly self-conscious at being a new student . |
| 6 | We do not know whether she was embarrassed at being named — probably not in this case , one suspects — and there is little doubt that her views of this behaviour came over more vividly without the cloak of anonymity . |
| 7 | She was simply embarrassed at being revealed to the public . |
| 8 | It was surprising that she did not feel embarrassed at being caught in floods of tears . |
| 9 | Obviously he was not going to speak and Jenna was embarrassed at being caught here , more embarrassed still at the idea of walking haughtily to her room without a word . |
| 10 | ‘ I feel staggered at being chosen as a winner , and it has made me really thrilled , even though I am a few years older than the others , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Faldo summed it up : ‘ I was not afraid at being caught by Greg . |
| 12 | His own voice was calmer now , as if he were relieved at being back on safer ground . |
| 13 | A person who is wrongly accused will know that he has not done that of which he is suspected , example , and may be indignant at being the object of suspicion . |
| 14 | ‘ I — I 'm going home ! ’ she stuttered , uncomfortable at being caught out . |
| 15 | It 's not that he 's unfriendly or awkward or rude , merely uncomfortable at being in the spotlight without a character to hide behind . |
| 16 | Feeling bored at being cooped up in the desert , he decided to feign temporary illness . |
| 17 | His secretary , Shirley , smirks from behind her desk , self-righteous at being at her post before the boss , even though she is at this moment inspecting her face in a compact mirror . |
| 18 | If he was involved in something underhand , surely she should be feeling the expected surge of triumph , delighted at being proved right ? |
| 19 | ‘ When the draw for the quarter-final was made a few weeks ago , I was delighted at being paired with Derry City ’ he declared . |
| 20 | Many of the French laughed at such antics , or felt disgusted at being allied with so ‘ primitive ’ a people . |
| 21 | I 'm not less horrified at being with him . |
| 22 | Stella seemed unimpressed at being given a rule so early in the season . |
| 23 | That means he s fine at being the ‘ other ’ defender . |
| 24 | ‘ Something British car manufacturers are good at is being different and individual . ’ |
| 25 | The only thing he seems to be good at is denigrating Labour , the party that brought him political prominence . |
| 26 | The thing he 's very good at is opening bottles and he 's quite clever at other things , too . |
| 27 | Erm one of the things that is very good at is in in technical applications such as CADCAM . |
| 28 | They 're really good at are n't they ? |
| 29 | Diana needs people ; unlike the Prince , she is not much good at being on her own . |
| 30 | The epitome of Nineties value rather than volume has become just that , after having been not terribly good at being the Eighties thrusting stereotype — though not for want of trying . |