Example sentences of "glad [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well no , no I , I , I 'd got a cycle and er the money was very useful to us cos er my husband , he worked on the , on the top of at Parcel he could n't go down , they were n't allowed underneath er because he wore glasses , anyone wearing glasses they were n't allowed underground you see and they had to work on what they call on the surface , and of course the wages were n't , were n't much and er I was glad to go out to work and er and I , I eventually I had a cycle and I used to cycle to Squires and back you know , and erm it was , it was very very useful indeed the money I , I , I earned there . |
| 2 | Oh er of course they erm , they did n't believe in married women working and er they thought a married woman should be at home you see , well I had n't got any family then you see , until er after oh we 'd been married a number of years when we had , when I had my first baby and er and then I had the other one pretty quickly and er then I was glad to go out to work again when they were school age , they were n't left unattended at all er one , the elder one looked after the one , we did n't live , we lived in then but erm there was n't any pressure for me to stay at home , it was with my husband 's consent , because he knew it was helping out because rent man 's wages were n't very good then , and erm he er he finished , he finished at the pits you see and he got a job rent collecting , and he er he used to do miles he 'd cycle part of the way and then er he 'd perhaps leave his cycle somewhere and call back for it , but he used to do all the and all round there , there 's a place called and then er a lot of places er he used to do the old , is this , is this on , erm he used to do round , round the top there there were some slums there . |
| 3 | After seven hours of rock hopping and scree climbing we were glad to slide down to the mist-covered mountain lake to pitch our tent . |
| 4 | I 'm glad to come back to you , and wherever you are is my home — my only home . ’ |
| 5 | Eventually , Sabine had been glad to escape altogether to university , where she 'd read Modern Languages . |
| 6 | He sounded glad to get on to another subject . |
| 7 | Her father had been glad to get out to the woods where he led a gang , made a living and found , in his daughter Kitty , all he wanted for softer pleasures . |
| 8 | One way and another , I was glad to get back to Bourn after this leave for a rest . |
| 9 | I was glad to get back to Britain . |
| 10 | ‘ Then you 'll be glad to get back to your home with us . ' ’ |
| 11 | It seems he was totally bewildered by the streams of traffic and all the noise and was very glad to get back to rural tranquillity . |
| 12 | On the conscious level I was at first glad to get back to school for the summer term . |
| 13 | And then I expect you 'll be glad to get back to the Vicarage . |
| 14 | His slides were good and his descriptions fairly accurate , but I sensed we were all glad to get back to the comfort of the hotel and I to my electric fire . |
| 15 | Dexter was glad to get back to Chester Row . |
| 16 | ’ We have learned things about the galaxy , ’ she replied grimly , ’ and we will be greatly glad to get back to our Ardakke . |
| 17 | His own shower were n't around to hear that , he 'll be glad to get back to where he rates as a hero . ’ |
| 18 | The damp close air was heavy about them , it slowed their pace and they were glad to get back to the steading and watch Sullivan repairing the tractor . |
| 19 | So did I , thought Juliet , and for once she was glad to get back to the ward . |
| 20 | Well I think , I think she 'll be that fed up being here all that time , she 'll be glad to get back to America to be quite honest with you Chris , what is there for her to do all that time ? |
| 21 | At the end of that engagement she was glad to return home to Buckingham Palace . |