Example sentences of "[vb past] with satisfaction " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it was worth five times what he paid for it , a fact on which he often dwelt with satisfaction . |
| 2 | Dacic , who specialises in Eastern European artists such as Braco Dimitrijevic and Georg Ettle noted with satisfaction that her audience at the fair continued to be ‘ insiders ’ , intensive collectors from Belgium , England and the Netherlands . |
| 3 | But , as Mosley noted with satisfaction , these supporters were no more use to their new leader than they had been to the BUF . |
| 4 | He noted with satisfaction that he would be in mid-Atlantic on his sixtieth birthday:an apt metaphor , perhaps , for his own condition . |
| 5 | ‘ Running hot water and flush loos , ’ I noted with satisfaction . |
| 6 | Her rudeness had some effect , she noted with satisfaction . |
| 7 | The blankness had gone from them , he noticed with satisfaction . |
| 8 | He sighed with satisfaction and carried her hand to his lips . |
| 9 | She sighed with satisfaction , the job was going to get done on time after all and that , she promised herself , was only the beginning . |
| 10 | Sheldukher sighed with satisfaction . |
| 11 | He nodded with satisfaction . |
| 12 | Miss Beard nodded with satisfaction at her reflection in the spotted mirror , before which she was brushing her sparse , dun-coloured hair . |
| 13 | Kirov nodded with satisfaction . |
| 14 | He nodded with satisfaction . |
| 15 | ‘ No , Nigel ! ’ he replied with satisfaction . |
| 16 | ‘ No , ’ Charles replied with satisfaction . |
| 17 | I shall make them pay , ’ he announced with satisfaction . |
| 18 | ‘ Aphrosyne Taylor-Agathangelou , that was the one , ’ Lisa announced with satisfaction , but nothing else . |
| 19 | ‘ Patrick ! ’ her mother announced with satisfaction . |
| 20 | Sat and glowed with satisfaction for a few hours in silence , studying their effect . |
| 21 | He wore battle-dress green , slacks and sweater and his weather-beaten face glowed with satisfaction and well-being . |
| 22 | His ears glowed with satisfaction . |
| 23 | The hostess came to greet me , and in reply to my question said that chicken curry was cooking , which I ordered with satisfaction . |
| 24 | She observed with satisfaction the firmness of her breasts the flatness of her stomach and the trim roundness of her hips . |
| 25 | ‘ There , now — that should fill the bellies of those young fellows , ’ he remarked with satisfaction . |
| 26 | ‘ I gather diplomatic relations have now been resumed , ’ she remarked with satisfaction . |
| 27 | As he raised a curious eyebrow she elaborated with satisfaction , ‘ I can think of someone far more likely to have put a torch to G.W. Fashions than myself . ’ |
| 28 | They were wielding modified Shen-sei swords with hologram blades , and he grunted with satisfaction as his reverse registered on the Gunnery Sergeant 's body shield with a yellow flash of discharge . |
| 29 | He grunted with satisfaction , and smiled down at his son . |
| 30 | Selwyn repeated with satisfaction . |