Sentence examples for please to strike from inspiring English sources

And then there are the stories -- most of the contents of the anthology, in fact -- that seem almost frantic in their eagerness to please, to strike unusual poses, to seize the reader's attention and hold it.

Chris Coffey, a spokesman for the mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, said the city was pleased to strike the new deal because the revenue was significant.

I'm really pleased to be striking the ball like that and hopefully that continues," said Bairstow, after day three of Yorkshire's game with Worcestershire at Scarborough, where he scored 138 in the first innings.

He will be pleased to get off strike but he's immediately back into the action as Jayawardene plays a forward defensive that results in another single.

And in your case, we are pleased to say, you've struck gold!

Still, opponents said they were pleased to see the language struck regardless of the reasons for doing so.

"It's pretty pleasing to go out there and strike it so cleanly from the off - they've been pretty good decks out here," said Porterfield.

Updated at 3.34pm BST 3.21pm BST 69th over: England 158-6 (Ali 51, Prior 9) Herath will be pleased to have Prior on strike, but Prior can't be too fussed, else he'd have only taken two byes at the end of the last over.

His actions and antics might not please traditionalists, but they seem to strike a chord with younger fans, and even his competitors.

Diack knows that Bolt is a potential one-man renaissance, both by his actions and his antics, which might not please traditionalists but certainly seem to strike a chord with young fans and even his own competitors.

"So I welcome this announcement from the RMT and I am sure passengers will also be pleased to hear that these strikes have been averted".