Example sentences of "[was/were] glad that [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With this drizzly weather we were stuck in Porto , and were glad that we had n't tried to cycle into town as the taxi sped through steep cobbled streets . |
| 2 | I was glad that we had not troubled him personally , though we confessed that we should like to have set foot in the flat . |
| 3 | They were a decent lot and I was glad that they accepted me despite my anomalous position . |
| 4 | He was glad that they 'd all decided to come . |
| 5 | I was glad that I had learned to breath properly and relax . |
| 6 | He was just checking that I had n't left for good , was glad that I had n't , and was that real coffee he could smell ? |
| 7 | Given that they had the ‘ weather works ’ that day in the shape of sleet , hail , wind and rain , whilst simultaneously a view of quite a lot of snow on Vesuvius , I was glad that I had stayed at home with a good book . |
| 8 | I was glad that I had not attempted to plan the whole programme in advance , as the Workshop developed under its own momentum , using and Communicative Grammar of English as a text and ground-plan . |
| 9 | But I was glad that I 'd finally had sex — it was a way of proving that my parents and Uncle Joe had n't destroyed my life . |
| 10 | I was glad that I knew exactly where Nigel was . |
| 11 | Incidentally I was glad that although I did n't feel one hundred percent I was glad that I wandered round Liberties . |
| 12 | It was an effort for her even to glance at them , but she was glad that she had . |
| 13 | Breeze was glad that she had mastered her momentary depression , as she was now able to run up and say goodnight quite cheerfully . |
| 14 | She could n't remember seeing such a cheerful crowd queuing for the cinema , and she took pleasure in their high spirits ; but she was glad that she had n't gone to the pictures . |
| 15 | But suddenly , on a great , surging crest of release , she was glad that she had ! |
| 16 | He was glad that he had expressed to her , however blunderingly , what he felt . |
| 17 | He was glad that he had held her hand . |
| 18 | ‘ Bad luck , ’ I said although for my own sake I was glad that he had failed . |
| 19 | Willie was glad that he had come first . |
| 20 | No , of course he could n't ask just anyone , Ianthe thought , as she walked towards the bus stop , but she was glad that he had felt able to ask her . |
| 21 | He was glad that he had dismissed Palottino , although the Neapolitan had made it dear that he strongly disapproved of this mania for walking . |
| 22 | Sam was glad that he 'd never invited him to share Evelyn 's secrets . |
| 23 | He was glad that he did n't throw out the Christmas cards from his son and daughter in 1987 , for every year since he had taken them out of the suitcase on top of the wardrobe and displayed them in his own room as if they had come in with the morning post . |
| 24 | He was glad that he did n't have along the customary Russian navigator which was the standard requirement for all private flights over Russian airspace . |
| 25 | ‘ I damned near killed you with my carelessness ! ’ she burst out suddenly , and she was glad that he did n't even look at her . |
| 26 | But he went after a friend persuaded him and was glad that he did . |