Example sentences of "was glad [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was glad they were n't going to stay at the farm , though . |
| 2 | Mrs Rundle was glad they were well and settling in . |
| 3 | Dexter was glad they had come back to see Lancaster at the end of the day . |
| 4 | But as he banked £1 million last week , Abbey Stadium boss John Beck was glad they took the gamble . |
| 5 | She was glad they were outside , away from the scene of the crime , so to speak . |
| 6 | I must own that the possibility of taking matters further did cross my mind and infiltrated my uncensored dreams , but it would have been unwise at the time and later I was glad we had left things as they were . |
| 7 | I was glad we 'd made an impression . |
| 8 | When we reached the new target and found gaps in the cloud and bombed , my second pilot just remarked that he was glad we did not bomb Mannheim , and I asked why . |
| 9 | But I was glad we could n't because they asked me to read the lesson . |
| 10 | ‘ I was glad 'e did n't get that site where our Carrie 's got 'er cafe , ’ she remarked . |
| 11 | Philip was glad he 'd left the wire and cutters up in the wood . |
| 12 | He was glad he was getting out . |
| 13 | He was glad he was getting out . |
| 14 | Nigel was glad he 'd sold the car years ago and not got another . |
| 15 | He was glad he had got the hospital to contact her . |
| 16 | He was glad he had at last found someone who believed in his natural superiority . |
| 17 | She was glad he had stopped tapping his spoon and flicking his foot . |
| 18 | He was glad he had got rid of her . |
| 19 | But he was glad he 'd been able to fend off too many probing journalistic questions about her ; he did n't want them publishing any comments about her at this stage , that was sure . |
| 20 | Ludens was glad he had been to see Franca and felt sure , as he sat in another taxi bound for Victoria , that she had understood why , and in what frame of mind , he had come . |
| 21 | I was glad he was there ; there were things it was necessary to say . |
| 22 | Old Joseph was glad he kept the Christmas cards |
| 23 | Old Joseph was glad he kept the Christmas cards from his son and daughter in 1987 , for every year since then he has taken them out and displayed them as if they had come in with the post . |
| 24 | I was glad he had n't seen me either as I hurried away in the opposite direction . |
| 25 | I was glad he had spoken as if he wanted to , but I felt I should apologize , once they had gone . |
| 26 | This was a puzzlement , and he was glad he had the soothing spectacle of Midnight Mass to distract him from it . |
| 27 | I was glad he did that . |
| 28 | I seemed to have nothing to say to him and was glad he talked about his business . |
| 29 | And there , at last , was Alix 's husband Brian : she was glad he had turned up , had not spurned her party , had paid her this respect . |
| 30 | ( An able pupil of mine who became a successful solicitor was glad he did not become a barrister , who in his experience is driven too hard ; the clerk piles too much work on him , he has no one to delegate to , and has virtually no assistance except of a secretarial kind ; also , counsel in general common law practice has much travelling to do . ) |