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Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–).  The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.  1993.
 
annoyed (adj.)
 
 
combines regularly with the prepositions with, by, at, and about: She was annoyed with [by, at] her father. He felt annoyed about her sulky behavior. Annoyed can also take to plus an infinitive (I was annoyed to learn that she’d resigned) or be followed by a that clause (They were annoyed that I hadn’t waited for them).  1
 
 
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