adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
eternally grateful (= very grateful )
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I’ll be eternally grateful to you for this.
grateful thanks
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Our grateful thanks go to everyone who took part in the event.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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also
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I am also grateful to Brian Watkins who was the first to put the idea to me that drama is a game.
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I am also grateful for the unstinting help of those who staffed the stall and baked as well.
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I am also grateful to Illmensee.
deeply
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Hank was suddenly deeply grateful to old Mr Albert for taking him seriously.
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As he headed home with Dooley at nearly one-thirty in the morning, he felt deeply grateful , but uncommonly fatigued.
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It indicated that he didn't know me well - for which I was deeply grateful .
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He was deeply grateful to her, and to everyone.
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But I was at home and close to my drugs, and I was most deeply grateful for my escape.
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I feel deeply grateful that these mountains do not close all round us.
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We are deeply grateful for his 40 years of service to Johnson Matthey.
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I said he had suffered for his country, and that the President was deeply grateful .
eternally
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For that we would be eternally grateful .
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Only two of the ten couples I interviewed made such a choice, and both feel eternally grateful .
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In Head, Nicholson had kindly provided them with a suicide note for which Mike Nesmith was eternally grateful .
extremely
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Giles was extremely grateful for this: he hated to trouble his friend.
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Needless to say, the result is an extremely grateful patient.
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Alfred was suddenly extremely grateful that none of his colleagues knew of Beatrice Throgmorton's place in his life.
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Smokers have adapted and accepted the new rules, and non-smokers are extremely grateful .
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She was extremely grateful and the course saw out the war in this fashion the camp never materialising.
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She's now officially in remission and extremely grateful to the doctors who've helped her.
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At 26 he was the youngest and he was extremely grateful to have been given the chance to row with the best.
how
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You've been absolutely indispensable to me, and you must understand how grateful I am.
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We tell him how grateful we are to our friends.
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You don't know how grateful I am!
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Most saddening of all was how grateful he appeared for every-thing that he was given.
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After all, how grateful could he be for her dancing weeks - no, months now - before?
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She said how grateful she was.
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She wanted to show how grateful she was for this second chance.
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He never realized how grateful a man could be for the chance to wash.
more
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But hardly more grateful than I am already, if grateful is an adequate enough word!
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I am ever more grateful for her emotional and intellectual intelligence.
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Even though these recordings are restricted in range, the sound is more grateful .
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Could it be that they make, because they are more grateful , better love?
most
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Mr. Adley I am most grateful to my hon. Friend.
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Were it possible for a further donation to be agreed at some point during 1993, I should be most grateful .
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If therefore you could do something to help our project go ahead, we would be most grateful .
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We are most grateful to those readers who participated in the survey.
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I am most grateful to her for allowing me to use this remarkable case study of John.
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Mr. Graham I am most grateful for your assistance, Mr. Speaker.
so
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I suppose she was so grateful that she became one of his flock.
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If you could help me I would be so grateful .&038;.
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They won't be so grateful when we're through.
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But she was so grateful for what McGovern was doing that she had all but determined to take that risk.
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I would be so grateful if you could tell me the name of it, because it looks so unusual.
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At the end of the summer, Margarett was so grateful she gave Mrs Ramsdell a gold bangle.
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We were very happy, for we were so grateful that we still had each other.
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And my father was so grateful he changed his name to Tonelli.
very
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I would be very grateful if you could shed any light on the phases for me.
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I keep them around, for which I became very grateful this Christmas season when suddenly I needed some clip art.
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The fool was very grateful , and so was the groom, because he had found one fool greater than his wife.
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The Trust is very grateful to those who continue to pay at the full rate.
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I am very grateful to you for your continuing support of this special second collection, which is absolutely essential at present.
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If you have a pattern that will do for an ordinary machine I would be very grateful .
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Central Council is very grateful to all those who donated prizes or sold tickets to help reach this excellent result.
■ NOUN
thanks
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To the people who had already heard of her illness and sent her cards and good wishes Molly sends her grateful thanks .
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The Bishop tried hard to express his grateful thanks .
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Our grateful thanks to Unwins and Suttons seeds for allowing us to use their original seed catalogues.
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I extend to them our grateful thanks .
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Three Cheers for all of your, and grateful thanks for your response to our call for new members during last year.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be thankful/grateful for small mercies/favours
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From now on she could be grateful for small mercies and be content to take one step at a time.
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She wondered wryly whether to be thankful for small mercies, or to feel insulted.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a grateful sigh of relief
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Dr Shah has received hundreds of letters from grateful patients.
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Fay is one of Dr. Scott's grateful patients.
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I'm really grateful for everything you've done for me.
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My daughter was rescued safely, and I am very grateful to the firemen.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the end of the summer, Margarett was so grateful she gave Mrs Ramsdell a gold bangle.
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For this a grateful nation made him a hero.
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He sulked, grateful only that he had not insisted on the iron mask, but had chosen the velvet one.
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I guess the Huggins family is still grateful to you.
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I should be grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter.
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I suppose she was so grateful that she became one of his flock.
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Just then he felt the bone pop, then slide painfully free, and he was not grateful but angry now.
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Mr. Snape I understand that, and I am grateful to the Minister for pointing it out.