Example sentences of "glad to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ENO , I am glad to say , is proud to be dismissed by him to the purgatory reserved for this despicable activity , and more than 450,000 people pass through our doors each year to prove it . |
| 2 | I always reply , ‘ It 's the Sixties for you now , dear , so you get out there and make a wally of yourself ’ — and he has never let me down in that respect , I am glad to say . |
| 3 | I am glad to say that these tactics backfired . |
| 4 | There was an impression that my milkmaid friend was what is called well-connected , and I am glad to say that as she grew old she was , as it were , gathered in , to be near her relatives . |
| 5 | Nothing the Conservatives have said so far has caught my fancy , still less warmed my heart ; or , I am glad to say , shocked me to the core . |
| 6 | They were , I 'm glad to say , the last he ever knew . |
| 7 | I am glad to say that all the relevant Government Agencies in Northern Ireland ie the Department of Economic Development , the Training and Employment Agency , the Industrial Development Board and LEDU , have taken steps to help local business prepare for the future . |
| 8 | I 'm glad to say that tickets for the rock and roll evening are going well although there are still a few left for late bookers |
| 9 | I could have mentioned cogito ergo sum , only I detest that shallow but influential maxim , now I 'm glad to say discarded . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm glad to say he has made a full recovery , sir . ’ |
| 11 | They questioned a lot of folk though not me I am glad to say . |
| 12 | I recovered quickly , I 'm glad to say , but I could n't leave because they insisted that I stayed to lunch . |
| 13 | ‘ A very good point ’ , he said ‘ and I am glad to say that we have the whole matter under constant study . ’ |
| 14 | I am glad to say that this act of faith has since been amply rewarded and the blazer 's fit is perfect . |
| 15 | Whenever I meet him in the village , ’ he said bitterly , ‘ which is not very often , I 'm glad to say , he walks right past me without even raisin' his cap in respect … ’ |
| 16 | Now there was a pleasant , outgoing and jolly man , and I am glad to say he had a long and happy life . |
| 17 | Monsieur Boudin of Perrier Jouet told me that in ‘ the old days ’ the Pinot Noir of Aÿ once had a gout de terroir which , I am glad to say , has since been ‘ lost ’ . |
| 18 | I am glad to say she is now beautiful but , even after all this time , she is still having nightmares ( though not often ) and is extremely nervous . |
| 19 | In April two students from this school stood back to let an elderly disabled woman enter the Post Office before them and in June another student , who I am glad to say had been with us only two weeks , was spotted by two seniors through the window of the tap room of the Throstle 's Nest , helping a blind woman across the road . |
| 20 | I am glad to say one or two Neath players got just that . |
| 21 | That attracted Pompey , and Whittingham explained : ‘ I decided to buy myself out for £450 and take the plunge — I 'm glad to say Portsmouth did pay me back the money — and I 've never really looked back . |
| 22 | More recently , we 're glad to say , so has the unleaded . |
| 23 | I 'm glad to say that the beans were edible , the dog did get fed and I 'm sure that by the time you read this the video will be finished , in fact I 'll probably be working on the next one . |
| 24 | I HAVE just read an article — not in the Mirror I 'm glad to say — which has left me speechless with rage . |
| 25 | Still , more make it these days , I 'm glad to say . |
| 26 | I 'm glad to say that I 'd definitely vote for it . |
| 27 | I 'm glad to say that in the Navy such luxuries were not a part of our conditions of service , and when I was ordered back to Germany in 1949 I had no option but to return . |
| 28 | Being an ex-Hamble aircraft , I am glad to say that G-ARJU , the example flown for this article , has civilised elevator and rudder trims . |
| 29 | I 'm glad to say that he slapped that too . |
| 30 | Most schools , I am glad to say , have aquariums and goldfish , water snails , weeds , stones , shells are to be observed carefully and often and the children can then create a picture from a real experience , not necessarily from direct observation , but with the experience near at hand for reference when needed . |