Example sentences of "[adv] happy [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are used to all sorts of emergencies , but there has never been anything like this : their own people , prepared to face appalling hardships , possible arrest or even death to get out , arriving exhausted but so happy to be free . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm so happy to be here , ’ he enthuses . |
| 3 | ‘ In me larder , ’ said Mrs Beavis , showing herself beamingly happy to be able to oblige . |
| 4 | He felt suddenly happy at being alive . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ I am just happy to be back in my community . ’ |
| 6 | SIDE BY SIDE : The lovers stroll along a country path , facing the future , just happy to be together |
| 7 | And Strachan beamed : ‘ I 'm just happy to be back . |
| 8 | The island was my home now , not my prison , and I was just happy to be alive . |
| 9 | ‘ Actually , I 'm just happy to be where I am because after that early problem we only had 14 minutes of running , so it was a short session . ’ |
| 10 | We were just happy to be able to help . ’ |
| 11 | But he was just happy to be on a court again at the Halle arena , a new stadium which has been modelled on the All-England club . |
| 12 | I 'm just happy to be here right now . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , his allegiance did not suddenly evaporate and by 1869 , on the eve of his departure for Basle , he was still happy to be the central member of a small circle of devotees . |
| 14 | It 's so persuasively and convincingly argued — especially for those of us most happy to be convinced — that it 's a trifle dampening to be reminded that these are ‘ image patterns whose sexual significance may have been hidden from the poet on a conscious level … . |
| 15 | There are many well educated deaf ladies in the country who would be most happy to be thus employed . " |
| 16 | And they were perfectly happy to be left . |
| 17 | I am perfectly happy to be judged on the performance of those trusts in the years ahead |
| 18 | In a clear reference to the claim that the Queen forced her to undertake the visit he shouted : ‘ Are you really happy to be here , ma'am ? ’ |
| 19 | At the Lotte department store ITN reporter David Chater broke the unwritten rule of protocol by asking the princess if she was ‘ really happy to be here , Ma'am ? ’ to which she replied : ‘ Yes , thank you . ’ |
| 20 | At one stage , contravening unwritten rules of protocol , ITN reporter David Chater asked the princess if she was ‘ really happy to be here Ma'am ? ’ |
| 21 | Mr Townsend says he 's now happy to be working at his shop repairing and selling the clocks which have been his life 's work . |
| 22 | McEnroe , with his widely-publicised marital problems , looked anything but happy to be here , refusing to answer questions and scowling at photographers . |
| 23 | He 's never been particularly happy about being in the group and it just came to a head . ’ |
| 24 | Eighteenth-century audiences were quite happy to be fed agreeable background music ; it was their equivalent of muzak , played uniformly and without criticism . |
| 25 | She continued being ‘ the worst horse in the world ’ until one year she was served by yet another stallion ; but this time the stallion worked a genetic miracle upon the foal which was quite happy to be taught anything ! |
| 26 | He was quite happy to be Marcus 's dog , but it was possible that Marcus relied on his assuming some more dignified role . |
| 27 | Once this was done he set about his task , quite happy to be in no other company that that of the two greys . |
| 28 | Ipswich captain Debbie Rawlinson is quite happy to be playing Chelmsford , especially after the 3–1 win away to them in the league . |
| 29 | Lesley does n't really judge herself as a musician anyway , but was quite happy to be judged as woman first because she is ‘ immensely proud ’ of her gender . |
| 30 | Although I 'm quite happy to be indoors and getting on with my work — I do n't say I 'd be outside gallivanting everywhere — it 'd be nice to know people . |