Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [was/were] [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police say they were shocked at the range of cars they discovered . |
| 2 | Police say they were astonished at the openness of the drug dealing . |
| 3 | This says I was good at the doctor 's today ? |
| 4 | That provision was placed in the contingency because it was un felt it was unclear at the time , what the effect on costs would be , of the sale of link waste . |
| 5 | I suppose I was confused at the time . |
| 6 | I suppose it was good at the time that I was n't kissing Andrew , otherwise I would have had a mouthful of sick . |
| 7 | Then the sailors dispersed , shouting bawdy welcomes to others they knew who were busy at the bigger ships . |
| 8 | By the way , ’ added the WPC , ‘ I thought you were terrific at the conference yesterday . |
| 9 | Her husband was in close attendance at the moment but Jenny knew he was due at the meeting . |
| 10 | One of Oggie 's sons , Toby , or not Toby ( well , I thought it was funny at the time … never mind … ) is very disobedient . |
| 11 | And the other one thought he was good at the buckeye coupling . |
| 12 | It is in their observations and criticisms that the historian has an interest , for they enable him to judge what was important at the time , and how intelligent contemporaries reacted to the difficulties and dilemmas which faced men and women of the age . |
| 13 | Afterwards Leconte , who only resumed training a week ago after injuring himself in the Paris Open , admitted he was surprised at the way Ferreira had fallen to pieces . |
| 14 | I do n't know , there 's this house , what 's falling apart like , and it , it was small , it was like , I think it was wide at the . |
| 15 | I knew that I was being considered for the MBE , to be announced in the next Queen 's Birthday Honours , and to say I was stunned at the thought was an understatement . |
| 16 | The mother in yesterday 's case , Audrey Hamilton , said she was pleased at the outcome but knew that it may take the country 's highest civil court , the House of Lords , to resolve the issue finally . |
| 17 | Hilary Armstrong , Labour 's education spokesman and MP for North-West Durham , said she was delighted at the news . |
| 18 | Hilary Armstrong , Labour 's education spokesman and MP for North-West Durham , said she was delighted at the news in a report from director of education Keith Mitchell . |
| 19 | But Mary Vincent , a director of Funeral Services ( Petersfield ) , said she was appalled at the idea of television advertising . |
| 20 | But yesterday Mr and Mrs Lewis said they were disgusted at the situation , which had left them the victims . |
| 21 | A company spokesman said they were delighted at the order . |
| 22 | Up Front 's producer Christine Ruth said they were disappointed at the reaction from Mersey Television but that the item would go ahead regardless . |
| 23 | A quarter of his adult male informants and nearly two thirds of married females said they were virgin at the time of marriage . |
| 24 | Speaking at a London conference , Tom Garvey , deputy director-general of the environment directorate , said he was disappointed at the lack of improvement in EC water quality in the past 20 years . |
| 25 | The Strathclyde Police spokesman , Supt Angus Kennedy , said he was disappointed at the comments attributed to spokesmen for other Scottish forces . |
| 26 | Sunbury-based Ron Jantzen , project manager for Corebyte development within BPX 's Technology Provision team , said he was delighted at the success of the first commercial outing of the system . |
| 27 | Alan Milburn , Labour 's prospective Parliamentary candidate for Darlington , who pushed the case for a bus service , said he was delighted at the replacement service . |
| 28 | No-one was available from the Wales CBI for comment but Meirion Lewis , Welsh spokesman for the Institute of Directors , said he was surprised at the findings of the study , but could not comment further until he had seen it . |
| 29 | Mr Dixon , who is also Labour 's Deputy Chief Whip , said he was surprised at the speed with which Mr Fallon 's complaint had been resolved . |
| 30 | The former Lithuanian nationalist leader Vytautas Landsbergis , who led the country to independence , said he was surprised at the ‘ success ’ of Mr Lozoraitis . |