Example sentences of "happy to 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 | Since I gave Wiggen the reindeer he runs with his tail up , happy to be part of my team . |
| 3 | ‘ But then , when my work 's done and I go home , I 'm happy to be his wife . |
| 4 | Eighteenth-century audiences were quite happy to be fed agreeable background music ; it was their equivalent of muzak , played uniformly and without criticism . |
| 5 | The first house Jane looked at was moated and she was shown over by an ex-policeman who seemed happy to be working for an estate agent . |
| 6 | Yes , I was possessed , but happy to be so , if it allowed me to be with him , to feel him near me for a few hours every day . |
| 7 | They got on the bus puffing and blowing but happy to be inside in the warm , and sat in their own special places . |
| 8 | ‘ He did n't seem to be too happy to be here , that 's all , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Somehow we expect them to be happy to be kept in a place which is warm and dry , where they can eat to their heart 's content with their companions ; but no , they become quite upset . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | Now I 'm happy to be photographed . |
| 12 | That still leaves a healthy blend of seasoned hands and determined younger players , many of whom are happy to be regarded as all-rounders rather than specialists . |
| 13 | I 've been a sportsman all my life and after a couple of years away from the game on a daily basis , I 'm happy to be coming back . |
| 14 | He was quite happy to be Marcus 's dog , but it was possible that Marcus relied on his assuming some more dignified role . |
| 15 | He , while happy to be of some use , was not content that inequality on this scale should persist — inequality of opportunity , of course , for as a station-master he was a hierarchical man . |
| 16 | Dent was happy to be left alone . |
| 17 | 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 … . |
| 18 | Malachi clucked his tongue , shook the reins and the mare , happy to be moving again after standing in the cold for so long , trotted briskly away . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Most people would be only to happy to be able to enjoy such surroundings . |
| 21 | And they were perfectly happy to be left . |
| 22 | Once this was done he set about his task , quite happy to be in no other company that that of the two greys . |
| 23 | He had been so proud and happy to be returning to his family with the news of his impending marriage , yet now he was leaving home as an outcast . |
| 24 | The symbol is widely used in shops and so on , where a member of the staff is happy to be helpful . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Though Martin finds the idea of ‘ hob-nobbing in Dry with Anthony H Wilson ’ tasteful , he is happy to be something of a nascent local celebrity . |
| 27 | I for one will be happy to be stopped and searched if it is going to help protect us from terrorist bombs . |
| 28 | She told an audience of deaf and hearing people : ‘ I am very happy to be here at the launch of the dictionary and I hope it will help people to greater interaction . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We 're happy to be rushed off our feet — but we 're sick about the closure plans , ’ said ward sister Ali Kimber . |
| 30 | McEnroe , with his widely-publicised marital problems , looked anything but happy to be here , refusing to answer questions and scowling at photographers . |