Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] pleased [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I WAS so pleased to read that people are reverting to real Christmas trees instead of the ghastly , glittering artificial things that have been popular for so long . |
| 2 | I was so pleased to note that someone more knowledgeable than your reviewer Robert Nye about the Rev William Gaskell had written to you ( the Rev Andrew M Hill , Points of View , 13 March ) . |
| 3 | That is why I was especially pleased to hear that the Government are prepared to allocate the necessary funds . |
| 4 | I was very pleased to see that Tail Ending featured a Dalmation ! |
| 5 | Without Michael Fish ( no pun intended ) to tell me what the weather would bring the next day , I was very pleased to find that the local paper La Voz de Galicia carried an excellent synoptic chart and forecast . |
| 6 | When we were recently in the United States I was very pleased to find that the top officials there , including Eagleburger and Robson , advised us not to hurry . |
| 7 | I was very pleased to hear that you will be leading the sessions I am to attend . |
| 8 | ‘ They must have been pushed to have put that in ! ’ she told him scornfully , although she was secretly pleased to see that the camera had been kind to her . |
| 9 | She was so pleased to learn that Barbara Coleman was eager to talk to her again , and that she had been given the perfect reason for spending part of her day revelling in Chagall 's colour , that she smiled as she cut inland towards Maurin 's gallery . |
| 10 | She was extremely pleased to note that every man in the room was staring at her . |
| 11 | He added that he was particularly pleased to say that funds for the 40,000 sq ft facility had been generated totally by the Company and that none was borrowed money . |