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  • Overjoyed members of Ward's family said he had been robbed of six years of his life after the short hearing concluded.
  • I was overjoyed to see it go into the back of the net. The Sun
  • United fans were overjoyed today that the most successful manager in the club's history was about to sign on for more glory.
  • The two were so overjoyed to find each other, they put aside military protocol and hugged one another. Christianity Today
  • As she lies in bed one night, she is overjoyed to hear the monkeys call from the young forest.
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  • They cry whenever their children excel themselves, and are overjoyed when their friends are successful.
  • This is Bucky's first trip to Ireland and he was overjoyed to have the opportunity to enjoy such a festival.
  • All of the staff in the unit were overjoyed to see that someone had come to help.
  • If something involves no prep, other than placing in a microwave or an oven, we are overjoyed. Times, Sunday Times
  • They zipped, zoomed and leapt about our overjoyed little group. Times, Sunday Times
  • My memory is that I was absolutely overjoyed to find it. Times, Sunday Times
  • The two were so overjoyed to find each other, they put aside military protocol and hugged one another. Christianity Today
  • Then she sent for her chariot of green rushes, ornamented with May dewdrops, which she particularly valued and always collected with great care; and ordered her six short-tailed moles to carry them all back to the well-known pastures, which they did in a remarkably short time; and Sylvain and Jocosa were overjoyed to see their dearly-loved home once more after all their toilful wanderings. The Green Fairy Book
  • They were overjoyed as the mother bird laid eggs.
  • An overjoyed Kelly hopped all over the stage, and her victory dance was her best performance of the night.
  • `I shouldn't think the Vatican will be exactly overjoyed ," Devlin told him. CONFESSIONAL
  • If the situation regarding accountability can be established, most of the electorate would be overjoyed.
  • They were overjoyed at the find. Times, Sunday Times
  • He was overjoyed at his son's return.
  • Among the overjoyed masses gathered in Times Square that day was one of the most talented photojournalists of the 20th century, a German immigrant named Alfred Eisenstaedt.
  • `I am overjoyed to be the bearer of such good news," she smiled at him with her sweet smile. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
  • I'm always overjoyed to find wildlife in the urban jungle. Times, Sunday Times
  • When I returned the video back to the video store the next day, the woman was absolutely overjoyed.
  • Our family are overjoyed at the outcome. Times, Sunday Times
  • My wife and I were overjoyed when we did a pregnancy test confirming she was pregnant with our second child.
  • The other celebs were overjoyed to see the pair as it meant they got some luxury items. The Sun
  • Some economistshave gone so far as to speculate that the physiocrats would have been overjoyedat a policy of farm-price supports.
  • Last night the uncle of one prisoner said: 'We are overjoyed at the news. The Sun
  • Our featured declarer will not have been overjoyed to see his dummy - seemingly completely useless. Times, Sunday Times
  • He explained: 'I am am overjoyed. The Sun
  • He and his family were overjoyed, and Stone explained how important it was to have the independence that a car gives someone with paraplegia. Carlana Stone gets into a good groove on "Oprah's Big Give"
  • If this speech truly serves as a framework for how the administration will govern in the lead-up to 2012 -- and if these new lines in the sand turn out to be real -- then I'll be overjoyed to retroactively withdraw my uneasy reaction to it. Arianna Huffington: Barack Obama's Memento Presidency
  • Kael wrote admiringly of film critic James Agee's "full panoply of loving terms," and when a movie overjoyed her, she was also profuse and immediate in her praise.
  • There was no change in her, but she was plainly overjoyed to see Jean. The Glasgow Girls
  • Johnson was also overjoyed with the success as his charge tackled three miles for the first time.
  • If something involves no prep, other than placing in a microwave or an oven, we are overjoyed. Times, Sunday Times
  • The other celebs were overjoyed to see the pair as it meant they got some luxury items. The Sun
  • She was not exactly overjoyed to see us again.
  • He is at first overjoyed to see Antonio again before he sees his disguised sister.
  • Susan, 31, is overjoyed to have her husband safely back from the front line.
  • We were overjoyed to find we were expecting twins. The Sun
  • Last night the uncle of one prisoner said: 'We are overjoyed at the news. The Sun
  • Parents are so overjoyed with their children that they never say no to them.
  • She wasn't exactly overjoyed at the prospect of looking after her niece.
  • If something involves no prep, other than placing in a microwave or an oven, we are overjoyed. Times, Sunday Times
  • The sago pasty, the artocarpus bread, some mangoes, half a dozen pineapples, and the liquor fermented from some coco-nuts, overjoyed us. Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
  • Can you honestly say that, once the back-slapping and drinks all round were done with, you would be completely overjoyed on his behalf?
  • She was not exactly overjoyed to see us again.
  • Both students and teachers were overjoyed when DMS clocks were declared the winners.
  • But a crowd of around 250 people was overjoyed to see her arrive at the 16th-century church yesterday. The Sun
  • Sue was overjoyed to hear that the operation had been a success.
  • Of course, the youngster is overjoyed to see her and runs straight into her arms. The Sun
  • She was overjoyed to hear about the arrival of the baby.
  • What's more, I'm absolutely overjoyed by the knowledge that I own but two of their numerous albums.
  • My memory is that I was absolutely overjoyed to find it. Times, Sunday Times
  • Our family are overjoyed at the outcome. Times, Sunday Times
  • Thacker was not overjoyed to see them, but he played along, switching on the charm.
  • I'm so flattered and pleased and delirious and overjoyed that my work has been received so positively by you all.
  • If something involves no prep, other than placing in a microwave or an oven, we are overjoyed. Times, Sunday Times
  • Asked how he was feeling now that he was cleared of these charges, he said he was overjoyed about the decision.
  • He may not be overjoyed to hear that the inquiry has been moved to an office in Fleet Street. Times, Sunday Times
  • I was perhaps not as overjoyed as I should have been when he told me that the woman quoted the price in dollars.
  • Obedient but hardly overjoyed, he travelled to Pakistan with his father in October 2001.
  • `He seemed positively overjoyed to witness his late wife's interment. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
  • She wasn't exactly overjoyed at the prospect of looking after two small boys.
  • I was overjoyed to see it go into the back of the net. The Sun
  • Clara was overjoyed, and talked so much about her grandmother that evening, that Heidi began also to call her "grandmamma," which brought down on her a look of displeasure from Fräulein Rottenmeier; this, however, had no particular effect on Heidi, for she was accustomed now to being continually in that lady's black books. Heidi
  • He explained: 'I am am overjoyed. The Sun
  • Kuzovkin, embroiled for decades in a hopeless suit for possession of another estate, is overjoyed by the reunion with Olga, whom he, years ago, dandled and indulged with quasi-parental affection.
  • `I shouldn't think the Vatican will be exactly overjoyed," Devlin told him. CONFESSIONAL
  • She was overjoyed at this but as she tried to merge with it something powerful blocked her attempts.
  • The nurses and staff who previously had been so solicitous of his welfare were overjoyed at his new appearance.
  • She wasn't exactly overjoyed at the prospect of looking after two small boys.
  • the economic growth overjoyed the German industry
  • They zipped, zoomed and leapt about our overjoyed little group. Times, Sunday Times
  • It need scarcely be added that the young men were overjoyed on receiving this almost unhoped-for intelligence, and that Harry expressed his satisfaction in his usual hilarious manner, asserting, somewhat profanely, in the excess of his glee, that the governor-in - chief of Rupert's Land was a "regular brick. The Young Fur Traders
  • Of course, the youngster is overjoyed to see her and runs straight into her arms. The Sun
  • His parents say they were numb and in shock while doctors fought to save Connor and are overjoyed by his recovery.
  • He'll be overjoyed at your news.
  • Milan chief Adriano Galliani was overjoyed to re - sign Shevchenko.
  • Our featured declarer will not have been overjoyed to see his dummy - seemingly completely useless. Times, Sunday Times
  • As he rode in the vehicle half of his heart was overjoyed that he would be returning home so quickly.
  • If something involves no prep, other than placing in a microwave or an oven, we are overjoyed. Times, Sunday Times
  • He answered me warmly that he entirely joined issue with me in such an opinion, and that he was often affected to sickishness by the snobbery of mundane society, adding that he hoped I would give him the look up at his paternal mansion in Prince's Square, Bayswater, shortly, since his people would be overjoyed at making my acquaintance, which both enraptured and surprised me, for hitherto he had ridden the high and rough-shoed horse, and employed me to suck my brains as a cat's foot. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.
  • We were overjoyed to find we were expecting twins. The Sun
  • I'm always overjoyed to find wildlife in the urban jungle. Times, Sunday Times
  • This new treaty being settled, and a dossil of lint, with a snip of plaster, applied to our adventurer’s wound, he parted from the brother of his dear Emilia, to whom and his friend Sophy he sent his kindest wishes; and having lodged one night upon the road, arrived next day in the afternoon at the garrison, where he found all his friends in good health, and overjoyed at his return. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
  • He can pick pretty much any song from his past and you are overjoyed to hear it. Times, Sunday Times
  • He lovered it, overjoyed, until the boat reached the Circular Quay. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel
  • She was overjoyed when the doctor told her that her newborn baby is healthy and normal.
  • We were greatly relieved and overjoyed when our flight landed in Shanghai and we got into a Shanghai cab.
  • The Rabbi who led the congregation was so overjoyed with his prayer, that he danced and shouted the songs, and pounded the bimah as he chanted.
  • A refuge worker who called in to collect the pressies was overjoyed.
  • And homeowners say they would be overjoyed with just a single night's sleep - without being kept awake by loud music, barking dogs and noisy generators.
  • He can pick pretty much any song from his past and you are overjoyed to hear it. Times, Sunday Times
  • She was overjoyed when the doctor told her that her newborn baby is healthy and normal.
  • There was no change in her, but she was plainly overjoyed to see Jean. The Glasgow Girls
  • Bangladesh players as well as their fans in Bangladesh are simply overjoyed.
  • Isaac's elderly parents have reason to be overjoyed at his birth.
  • She wasn't exactly overjoyed at the prospect of looking after her niece.
  • But a crowd of around 250 people was overjoyed to see her arrive at the 16th-century church yesterday. The Sun
  • A councillor frustrated at not being able to give a pot of cash away to people in Bolton is overjoyed after 14 groups applied for the money.
  • She was, of course, overjoyed that the film she had worked on was achieving the ultimate in mainstream international recognition.
  • They were overjoyed at the find. Times, Sunday Times
  • Her family were not overjoyed when she decided to become a foreign corespondent. John Mair: Alex Crawford: Making History in Libya
  • He may not be overjoyed to hear that the inquiry has been moved to an office in Fleet Street. Times, Sunday Times
  • Dressed in a foxy pink velvet cocktail dress, she looks and sounds overjoyed, obviously loving the enthusiastic homecoming atmosphere.
  • Jacob was overjoyed, gleefully running to the outer field with his teammates in hot pursuit.
  • We spoke about continuing the relationship as we had both missed each other, and I was overjoyed.
  • She told how she was overjoyed when a House of Lords hearing changed the law that on paper made her daughter fatherless.
  • He was overjoyed to see his mother again.
  • Sr Piggott, who celebrated her 50th anniversary as a professed sister last October, said she was overjoyed to learn that Nano had topped the poll.
  • Coming off the sofa with his knife in his hand was the scruff, quite clearly overjoyed at the prospect of evening up the score. THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE

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