Sentence examples for could have pleased from inspiring English sources
Nothing could have pleased him more than the freedom of the city of Stuttgart and its university.
When Reginald flung a plate of pasta over the waitress -- his way of indicating he's had enough -- she behaved as if nothing could have pleased her more.
Nor could he have pleased the Russian and Chinese Communists..
This outcome could only have pleased the anti-immigrant hard-liners in the White House and Senate.
Emptywheel reached back for a comparison that could not have pleased Democrats, writing that "the Awlaki assassination is like Bush's torture program".
That said, Mr. Sherry could never have pleased everyone, and praise was heaped on him by the participants for creating this inspiring, if eclectic, set of programs.
It could hardly have pleased them to see the extraordinary attention that Mr. Gotti's death received yesterday on television and in the press.
The ear can be deceiving sometimes; sometimes I'll pick up one of the lovely modern celli in the morning and be very happy with it, but in the afternoon I'll ask what could possibly have pleased me".
The composition of the seven-man panel — three senators appointed by Vice President Hannibal Hamlin and four representatives selected by Speaker of the House Galusha Grow — could not have pleased a Lincoln administration, which was still coming to grips with the enormity of the war that lay before it.
Ms. Cattrall's promotion-laden interviews at Fox and MSNBC brought unflattering headlines from The Daily News of New York ("Cattrall's Pitch a Tricky Curve") and The New York Post ("Nikon Kim Uses the Newses"), which could not have pleased Ms. Cattrall or HBO.
