Sentence examples for could be glad from inspiring English sources

Of course, in terms of emissions, I could be glad that they're not talking about next generation gas rigs, or at least I could were it not for the fact that the Treasury has spunked three billion English pounds – sorry, did I mention that figure yet?

These are places where ministers and members meet and could be glad-handed and cajoled," he added.

Even naysayers couldn't be glad when the twenty-year-old Lindsey Jacobellis essentially threw away a gold medal in snowboard cross by stupidly making a showboat move in the air which caused her to fall shortly before crossing the finish line.

And if they were grinning at Jobs through gritted teeth at the meeting table, record company executives could at least be glad the reverent boss of Apple is still a capitalist at heart: That price tag could have been much, much cheaper.

And how could one not be glad to have lived long enough to read lines such as these: "To love is also good, for love is hard.

Capello, for his part, could at least be glad that the reserves of energy are greater now that some younger players are to the fore.

All of which could be fun – I'm glad to have seen Atwood's am-dram (and to have witnessed her using the expression "yay!!" on Twitter) – but how much it has to do with books is pretty moot.

"We could have been glad to have had their company here," friends and relatives wrote in a letter that survives in a Staffordshire archive.

"I'm glad we could be a part of this," Manager Terry Collins said.

Westbrook Pegler wrote that he was glad he could be enemies with President Eisenhower because the President was against Joe McCarthy.

So this is a great day for him, and I am glad I could be a part of it".