Example sentences of "[pers pn] was happy to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know what was going on , but I was happy to be there , sipping Dennis 's eight-quid-a-bottle plonk , trading glances with his vibrant young — well , youngish — wife and openly admiring the charms of her lovely concentrated body . |
| 2 | Porterfield added : ‘ We started well but lost it a bit and I was happy to be level at half-time . |
| 3 | I was happy to be with this handsome young man . |
| 4 | I was happy to be the butt . |
| 5 | I was happy to be informed that the standard of our store in respect of the service your representative carried out , was high compared to other units . |
| 6 | She was happy to be near a door into the street , where she could see passers-by and know that other lives went on in their placid courses . |
| 7 | Like any woman , she was happy to be admired , but she was also determined to sell her wheat at a good price , and to do business with the other farmers like a man . |
| 8 | In London he carried her round the Great Exhibition ; this time she was happy to be in his arms , safe from the frightening crowds . |
| 9 | Not for him the blind search for a nipple , no free of the womb' spasms to jerk his limbs ; he was happy to be apart , independent , an entity unto himself . |
| 10 | His eyes gleamed , as if he was happy to be dead . |