Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became friendly at the Royal College with Ted Dicks who , owing to his liveliness and ability to play the piano ( he took over at the Colony Room when Mike Mackenzie left ) soon found himself in charge of student entertainments . |
| 2 | Although it has been telling the world how successfully it has recovered , Unisys Corp made clear at the annual meeting last week just how parlous the company 's condition remains . |
| 3 | He also described minute-taking at the final meeting as unfair . |
| 4 | There seemed a strange lack of conviction about the Ipswich display and three minutes before the interval there was another scare when Hendrie crossed from the right but Wilkinson headed wide at the far post . |
| 5 | He headed wide at the far post and then forced Reece to push his angled shot round a post . |
| 6 | Ireland led 48-39 at the half-way point but had no answer to a late Welsh rally that gave then a 92-82 win . |
| 7 | But his mother became angry at the new psychiatrist 's opinion . |
| 8 | When the security forces mounted check points at every key road into Belfast , commuters soon became angry at the lengthy delays , and the cost was enormous . |
| 9 | He said he got angry at the absolute resistance to any kind of moderate reform and at the dismissive way some of them spoke about poor old Trueman . |
| 10 | The magnificently restored 40 at the National Tramway Museum in 1931 condition . |
| 11 | Complaints of headaches should be taken seriously and genetic counselling made available at the appropriate time . |
| 12 | They always got drunk at the Commercial Hotel when their shift was over . |
| 13 | She turned away , stared unseeing at the colourful cosmopolitan scene in the sunlit square . |
| 14 | Folly stared unseeing at the crumpled sheets , as if the bed that had so recently harboured their ecstasy might now prove the anodyne to pain . |
| 15 | I had quite forgotten that Mrs Bailes occasionally tethered him in the kennel at the entrance to discourage unwelcome visitors , and as I half lay against the wall , the blood thundering in my ears , I looked dully at the long coil of chain on the cobbles . |
| 16 | Mark listened aghast at the naive and dangerous idealism of the young , starry-eyed politician , who was light years away from knowing what really went on at the sharp end of European and international trade . |
| 17 | Her eyelids flew up , and she stared wide-eyed at the carved steel mask of Guy 's dark face above her . |
| 18 | He pushed the SE into a near-vertical dive and stared wide-eyed at the growing target . |
| 19 | Again and again , Dorian Gray went secretly to the room and looked first at the ugly and terrible face in the picture , then at the beautiful young face that laughed back at him from the mirror . |
| 20 | Lalage grew desperate at the slow speed of their progress . |
| 21 | I recently sang live at the Asian Pop Awards ceremony and I got a real buzz realising I was before my own people . |
| 22 | In the end , the understandings we have offered here came about indirectly from the actual learning process itself and contact with the deaf community as much as from the direct questioning we felt necessary at the initial stage . |
| 23 | The price was recognised as much too low and many insurers became worried at the apparent undervaluation of their organisations . |
| 24 | The same is true of the altogether exceptional recording , which held my concentration so effortlessly that I could hardly believe that nearly a whole hour had passed when I emerged elated at the other end . |
| 25 | Looking relaxed as he arrived in Stratford-on-Avon , the prince appeared unconcerned at the reported anguish surrounding his friendship with Camilla Parker Bowles . |
| 26 | The T'ang and his father sat at one end of the long , darkwood table , facing each other , while Ben sat alone at the other end . |