Sentence examples for almost as pleased from inspiring English sources

The revered poet undertook the revision of the young man's play, and was almost as pleased by its success as Congreve himself.

We are almost as pleased by the spelling vision of Chief Ben American Horse getting to work on a reluctant voter with a kit of tools.

And everyone else around was smiling, looking almost as pleased as I was.

Almost as pleasing were the pakora, flat, deep-fried fritters of chopped vegetables bound with chickpea flour.

The Giants moved the ball almost as they pleased and usually bottled up what little offense the Colts mustered.

In essence, the trouble with monopolists is that they can set prices almost as they please.

Ms. Chan seemed just as pleased.

It was about parliament having some say – even if not dramatic sway – while reducing the government's power to do almost as it pleases.

Wood engravings were the plain man's art and had been very crude before Bewick transformed them.His work surprised people almost as much as it pleased them.

But he has found it impossible to deliver, and his dithering has irritated those he was trying to please almost as much as those who thought it a bad idea to start with.

The coalition's policies on LGBT issues have annoyed almost as many as they have pleased.