Example sentences of "with pleasure " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironists reflect with pleasure that nevertheless one of the great literary biographies of the century has subsequently been written about Proust . |
| 2 | The Bride strips herself , glowing with pleasure at seeing herself seen , but it is a poor solitary exercise , for she is only impregnated by her imagination . |
| 3 | Could at least think about it , visualize it again , if not with pleasure , at least not with that sick-making horror of the past few weeks . |
| 4 | ‘ I have to go , ’ said Lucy , as if scolding , eyes sparkling with pleasure , ‘ I 'll see you when you 're a year older . ’ |
| 5 | Donald McCulloch grinned with pleasure and then turned it into a look of complicity for the younger men . |
| 6 | The Duke laughed with pleasure . |
| 7 | I went at it with pleasure , front-pointing happily and resting on my ski poles , watching Liena 's progress with concern . |
| 8 | In appearance tall , bald and gangling , eyes alight with pleasure , tufts of hair in disarray , he was the personification of a slightly mad professor . |
| 9 | Those very rare instances where ‘ little crime ’ develops into ‘ real ’ police work are recounted by policemen often and told with pleasure and delight . |
| 10 | Casual encounters on the beat are kept to a minimum by the public , primarily , the police claim , as a result of intimidation , and constables get few opportunities to display the interactive skills that might foster good community relations , although the rare occasions when this happens are seized upon by the men and recalled with pleasure thereafter . |
| 11 | He love his friend , the beauty of whose manly limbs made him tremble with pleasure . |
| 12 | Phoebe was impressed ; she laughed with pleasure and said , ‘ And it 's all in God 's purpose and plan , eh ? |
| 13 | Later that evening they had been sitting in a restaurant and Maggie had looked at Tom and said , her delicate face and long neck almost visibly aquiver with pleasure , |
| 14 | ‘ You are such a handsome one now , ’ Rose looked her up and down with pleasure . |
| 15 | These days , the Canal Basin bustles not with goods but with pleasure boats . |
| 16 | Erika glowed with pleasure . |
| 17 | Whole villages went over to onions , and narcotics officials beamed with pleasure and satisfaction . |
| 18 | Incidentally , I am not sure that Cameron should admit this fact since it will make anyone who wants to buy her movie positively glow with pleasure at the thought of paying her practically nothing for it . |
| 19 | Wandering with pleasure along the Corso , the knobbly spine of the town , we eventually open the guide book , to find we have failed to focus on seven modest palaces . |
| 20 | Catherine Crane moved one tidy package of paper , neatly tabulated , in search of an equally tidy pile , and McLeish watched with pleasure . |
| 21 | She settled down to tell him how old Alan was while he leant forward , listening with pleasure to the slightly nasal accent of Stoke on Trent . |
| 22 | McLeish considered him with pleasure . |
| 23 | Tory members who felt that Mr Lawson regarded them as intellectual pigmies ( as , doubtless , he did ) are puffed up with pleasure at how this kinder , gentler chancellor listens to them . |
| 24 | On hearing that I had a place among successful candidates I was excited with pleasure . |
| 25 | The waiting patients pricked their ears and tried not to smile and then the surgery door would burst open and eject … a little old lady , pink with pleasure ! |
| 26 | It was after hours , but he noted with pleasure that the letters would catch the 5.30 post the next morning . |
| 27 | Loopy Lil beamed with pleasure but said nothing as she watched Mrs Hollidaye fill her bowl to the brim . |
| 28 | I still remember that walk with pleasure . |
| 29 | Marie realized that Bella 's face had lit up with pleasure at the sight of Gazzer . |
| 30 | Clarissa came off sparkling with pleasure after one of her very successful numbers . |