Example sentences of "happy to see the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Numerous operations were performed , until , as Charlie says , ‘ I was eventually shipped back to the States on the Queen Mary and was so happy to see the Statue of Liberty again .
2 The Taylors ' main aim is to make their guests feel very welcome and as committed Christians they are happy to see the Mount Hotel used as a retreat .
3 ‘ We had a very friendly conversation and he is 100 per cent behind Lennox Lewis and is happy to see the title in the hands of a man with dignity .
4 For their part , the Allies were happy to see the Germans turn their aggression upon the revolutionary socialists .
5 He would be happy to see the Yu step into the gap left by the demise of the Ping Tiao .
6 An opinion poll said 70 per cent of Peruvians supported the dissolution of Congress and 83 per cent were happy to see the judges go .
7 But its limits are exposed by asking a simple question : why , then , should Mr Lawson not be quite happy to see the deficit get even larger ?
8 But Tildy was happy to work with no thanks , she was happy to see the men with Aileen , she was happy to know that the men loved Aileen .
9 Central government was not prepared to take that gamble , but was happy to see the localities take it .
10 No , although we were happy to see the Director of the Warburg Institute , Nicholas Mann , taking part here in Hamburg .
11 If Mr Lawson was , he might be happy to see the pound fall to ease the burden on companies .
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