Example sentences of "[prep] [be] pleased " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether because they had ceased to be pleased about her birthday or simply because they were tired , she did not know . |
| 2 | She has good reason to be pleased . |
| 3 | Leconte had reason to be pleased . |
| 4 | She sounded as if it was something he was going to be pleased about . |
| 5 | At first , Mrs Parvis pretended to be pleased to see Dot . |
| 6 | Was I supposed to be pleased by these comments ? |
| 7 | They all seemed to be pleased except the child , who was banished to bed disappointed , and we sat until the sky blackened , talking and sharing their hedgerow broth . |
| 8 | I ought to be pleased . |
| 9 | THE National Art Collection Fund has every reason to be pleased with itself at having given £250,000 of the £10 million needed to acquire Lord Cholmondeley 's Holbein , Lady with a Pet Squirrel , for the National Gallery . |
| 10 | In general , we seem to be pleased with the way it goes about its work , and many like to feel that we can contribute ideas as well as money . |
| 11 | He said he wanted to be pleased at this news , but had been unable to confirm whether it was true or not , since Susan had not requested assistance in the boy 's upbringing , nor did she intend to call on him for support . |
| 12 | I am in the possession of a number of splendid suits , kindly passed on to me over the years by Lord Darlington himself , and by various guests who have stayed in this house and had reason to be pleased with the standard of service here . |
| 13 | ‘ Y'ought to be pleased , havin' a taxi . |
| 14 | We did everything we could to encourage her to be pleased with being brown . |
| 15 | We tried to help Shanti to be pleased with her colour , to choose clothes that suited her , and to be co-operative with her over make-up and hair styles . |
| 16 | Neither gentleman is likely to be pleased ; this is not the way to make friends and influence people . |
| 17 | Sally was unsure whether to be pleased that Louise was including her or annoyed that she had called her fat . |
| 18 | If , in the real world , you could n't always realise the perfection of the model , the miniature , the diagram , at least the pattern had something in it to be pleased about . |
| 19 | ( Elizabeth said that she was not quite sure whether she ought to be pleased when I told her this ; but I am sure she was pleased . ) |
| 20 | Others seemed genuinely to be pleased with the way things were going , while in a third group discussion centred on how much more usefully the time could be spent with the National Childbirth Trust . |
| 21 | Mr Myers , 45 , has good reason to be pleased with himself . |
| 22 | So she has plenty to be pleased about — in addition to being the beautiful butt of the TV men 's admiring jokes . |
| 23 | So many people had to be pleased or mollified , and it was trying to do so many things at once , that the pages were hopelessly crammed with bitty stories . |
| 24 | West Yorkshire 's internationally-famous ‘ Railway Children ’ Line , currently celebrating its 125th year of existence , has now a double reason to be pleased . |
| 25 | Philip had a great deal to be pleased about . |
| 26 | It may sound strange to be pleased to discover that one has made a mistake , but it is , in fact , one of the most exciting things for a social scientist to discover — one really feels that one has found out something that went beyond what one might have expected through ‘ common sense ’ reasoning ! |
| 27 | Anyway , we pulled ourselves together and pretended to be pleased to see him , and then he drove us back to London like a maniac , keeping up a stream of gibberish which after a while I stopped listening to . |
| 28 | ( The knife was a rather blunt penknife , not the sharp sheath knife Nick had hoped for , but it was better than nothing , and Carrie tried hard to be pleased with her Bible because Nick was grinning so slyly . ) |
| 29 | Did he think his chef was going to be pleased with his achievement ? |
| 30 | You ought to be pleased . ’ |