Example sentences of "glad [prep] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Owls hooted and bats fluttered , and the pirates were glad to be past the eerie gravestones and the gloomy prison door . |
| 2 | And in a way I 'm quite glad to be outside that circuit because my existence as a an artist is in many ways more real than to be cosseted by Arts Council money . |
| 3 | ‘ I would be very glad to be of assistance , sir . ’ |
| 4 | Though these measures are not due to necessity , as the people here are glad to be of service to us and treat us with courtesy in which not a little deference is admixed , for as I say they count many simple things great wonders : my fine paste shoe buckles ( the only part remaining after some native rats that are very large and like to be tame devoured the rest of the appurtenances ) inspired much clicking of teeth and clucking of tongues till I thought I should have to part with them . |
| 5 | ‘ Glad to be of use , ’ she murmured meekly . |
| 6 | The Chaplain to the University is glad to be of assistance in any matter both to students and staff and can be contacted through the Chaplaincy or at home . |
| 7 | The Chaplain is glad to be of assistance in any matter to students and staff and can be contacted through the Chaplaincy Centre during the day or at his home . |
| 8 | ‘ I am glad to be of service . ’ |
| 9 | Glad to be of service . |
| 10 | He opened the door of the basket and Endill climbed out shaking , but glad to be on solid ground . |
| 11 | The miming aspect of it was a drag but I was really glad to be on there to dispense with all those horrid people . |
| 12 | I was glad to be on the bus and not alongside it . |
| 13 | She was glad to be with Felipe even when he was raging . |
| 14 | She was so glad to be with us and we were so glad to have her . |
| 15 | Angel was glad to be at home , and yet he did not feel so much part of the family as he used to . |
| 16 | North Yorkshire chief executive Ron Leyland said they were glad to be among the first considered but felt the present system worked well . |
| 17 | Glad to be in Dublin once more , I roamed around the shops , noticing that many bakers had ‘ Brack Loaves ’ on display , with rings placed on them . |
| 18 | I went out on to the roof , glad to be in the fresh air after the smoky room and the raksi . |
| 19 | The boy would reply in the language of the country , ‘ I am glad to be in your house , Daddy Ni . ’ |
| 20 | What had really locked me over there , kept me rigid , foolish by the telephone , was the way he moved ; like an athlete , a dancer , with the ease of one glad to be in the world . |
| 21 | Well , it 's , it 's simple that if I got up at half past six , and took him up a cup of tea at quarter too seven , and when he was around at seven o'clock , I was grilling bacon and I was frying eggs , and I hope , I do n't know whether perhaps it 's my cold , but , I , I just used to feel terribly unwell after he 'd gone , for about two hours and my legs were so wobbly , I was sitting down on the sofa , I may go back yet to cooking him breakfast if I feel like it , but , the , I mean if I can say to these chaps that , there are times when I do n't feel like doing things , well , I reckon Dave that they are so glad to be in that house with the central heating , with the twenty four hour er , er a day water , and the comfort , there not going to argue . |