Sentence examples for had been confident from inspiring English sources

Senior said he had been confident that Junior would be traded to the Reds.

His statement blindsided government figures who had been confident of his support.

"We had been confident from the beginning that this would be the outcome," Mr. Warden said.

The mayor of Mobile, Samuel L. Jones, said city officials had been confident that EADS would win.

Mr. Lagerfeld said he had been confident after the meeting that the exhibition would proceed as discussed.

No 10 had been confident at the turn of the year that the justice secretary would support the prime minister.

"Sometimes it looked pretty dark," Mr. Fain said, but he said he had been confident he would be exonerated.

Rescuers had been confident that a mission to move the mammals to deeper waters off Scotland's north-west coast had been successful.

Even to those who had been confident of the eventual triumph of the West, the fall of the Berlin Wall was surprisingly accidental.

Until only a few months ago the PAN had been confident of winning the congressional majority which had eluded it in 2000.

He had been confident that he would seduce them, as he was famous for doing with students and colleagues, by means of generosity, immodesty, flamboyant declarations, sodden affection.