Example sentences of "[adj] with [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Ah lived in a clapped-out city like this with inflation at two hundred per cent , or whatever it is , Ah 'd dae just about anythin' fur payment in solid US dollars . ’ |
| 2 | She would surprise him with a picnic , and packed a wicker basket , pedalling through the streets face aglow with anticipation at his surprise . |
| 3 | ‘ Very little point in your brother 's and my ‘ getting together ’ , Anneliese , ’ Caroline heard herself laugh flippantly , rigid with embarrassment at the other girl 's blunt attempts at matchmaking , ‘ since I 'm flying back to London tomorrow ! ’ |
| 4 | Both lack a white wing-bar ; bill blue-grey with black at tip and base . |
| 5 | Cake is always so perfect with coffee at supper time . |
| 6 | Others , like Tim Robinson and Derek Randall , have their own businesses so that leaves us to fix up about 10 or a dozen with work at Trent Bridge , coaching and helping the commercial department as well as working on their game . |
| 7 | She could understand her eight-year-old self , sick with terror at the mere mention of Fincara . |
| 8 | But she had already begun to feel ill with shame at the fear that no one would choose her , the way she always felt when they picked teams at school . |
| 9 | Passionate with indignation at the poverty and injustices which he daily met around him in the industrial north of Bradford , he sought , and was able to gain from , J.P.M. 's National Council of Labour Colleges , that knowledge which served him so well throughout his short working life , as a weapon with which to fight and change the capitalist system which tolerated and perpetuated such inhumane living conditions . |
| 10 | Outlook for tomorrow and Monday : Changeable with rain at times . |
| 11 | For a time the eagles were speechless with surprise at what had happened and could only stare through the Cages to Woil who had now taken stance again on the branch where he had originally been and was grooming himself as if nothing had happened . |
| 12 | She felt weak with emotion at the sight of him , and the sound of his deep cool voice repeating the vows seemed to resonate in her heart . |
| 13 | The poster features scenes from around the county of Donegal and beyond including Donegal Castle , Killybegs , Slieve League , Glencolumbcille as well as the County Donegal Railway Station at Derry and Barnesmore Gap complete with train at night . |
| 14 | While Milton explained the background and tried to wrest the case back to his jurisdiction , Pooley , who had gone with him to ffeatherstonehaugh 's , was white-faced with fear at Ramsbum 's gleeful account of the state of the two victims . |
| 15 | Leonora barely heard him , suddenly stricken with dread at the thought of long night hours ahead alone . |
| 16 | Basil would get very excited at finding tadpoles and caddis worms in the Hampstead ponds but though he once took to fishing in a small stream when we were on holiday , and actually caught a small fish , which Marion cooked for his tea , he was quite unable to eat it , being stricken with remorse at its demise . |
| 17 | She was wearing a white blouse , frilled with lace at collar and cuffs , and a long , mid-grey cotton skirt . |
| 18 | Mr Fang 's face was black with anger at this unexpected interruption , but the bookshop owner demanded to be heard . |
| 19 | He would sit puffing on his pipe , Dr Watson goggle-eyed with admiration at his side , and suddenly , by a simple process of deduction , arrive at the complete solution . |
| 20 | While we do not wish to get involved with harmonization at this point , it is important to point out that the above three kinds of phrases will probably have harmonic implications which contribute to their need for continuity , temporary repose , or complete finality . |
| 21 | It is possible to identify four types of formal MIS which are useful to management concerned with control at the tactical level . |
| 22 | Hypertext is not concerned with paper at all , so there is no possibility of students handing in pieces of paper for assessment . |
| 23 | The Government can not pretend to be concerned with security at army barracks and then , without regard for the soldiers , put them on the streets of London as easy targets for the terrorists . ’ |
| 24 | The Government can not pretend to be concerned with security at army barracks and then , without regard for the soldiers , put them on the streets of London as easy targets for the terrorists . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ East Coker ’ is concerned with civilization at its beginning and end , as well as with purely individual values . |
| 26 | Those who take the view that capitalism operates to favour those with capital at the expense of those who merely have their labour to sell tend to believe that when new technology is developed and applied in a basically capitalist society the result is likely to be that jobs are degraded and the quality of working life of those in employment suffers . |
| 27 | He was stiff with disapproval at the notion of her carrying buckets of steaming hen mash about the place like any farmer 's daughter in the first place and any chance to cram her back into what he considered her proper place as a lady , he would take . |
| 28 | Her escort of miners went pink with pleasure at calling her ‘ My lady ’ in speeches at the pit canteen . |
| 29 | When I became ill , I became obsessed with exercise at the same time . |
| 30 | Having tracked down Amy , we asked her to explain what attracted her to ‘ Believing ’ : ‘ I 'm obsessed with flamenco at the moment and that fitted with the ‘ Believing ’ references to exotic South American styles . ’ |