Example sentences of "[adj] they [be] at " in BNC.
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1 | United rolled up their sleeves to show the bookies how wrong they are at making them favourites for relegation … |
2 | United rolled up their sleeves to show the bookies how wrong they are at making them favourites for relegation … |
3 | but I do n't think Telecom 's up to dating things , Telecom keeps rabbitting on about how clever they are at doing this |
4 | She looked from one to the other to make sure they were at the same height . |
5 | That 's all they are at the minute cards ! |
6 | Erm and it 's a bit like timekeeping I mean they they 've got their own system now for evaluating how good they are at time keeping and I think the erm the figure they try and hit is about ninety five percent is n't it of trains arriving on time . |
7 | Individuals ' evaluations of how good they are at something are generally made in relation to how good others are at the same thing . |
8 | Lots of us understand very well that many revolutions died because their leaders could not forget how good they were at destruction . |
9 | The weekly paper for the young and independent , published today , asked 500 12 to 15-year-olds how happy they were at home and 79 per cent said they did not want to leave before the age of 18 . |
10 | Many people constantly tell everyone how bad they are at almost everything . |
11 | Well there is up to a point because you know how bad they are at responding . |
12 | All the other reindeers were whispering away , saying how astonished they were at the thought of Randolph helping the team . |
13 | Well they 're appearing at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham tonight in concert , and then a week on Friday , November the twelfth they 're at the Ritz at Lincoln so welcome back . |