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Examples
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"This amazing and ambiguous portrait shows a man incredibly pleased with himself, as it also raises a question as to if he is over-pleased," says Paul Raison, who heads Christie's Old Masters and British Pictures department in London.
Renewed Interest in the Old Margaret Studer 2011
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I like it...although I have to admit, I'm not over-pleased with the choices for Dany or Jaime.
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I am getting into a flurry by being over-pleased, and I dare say I am as incoherent as need be.
A House to Let 2007
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The poor peasants, who were not over-pleased with their party, remained open-mouthed with surprise.
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‘I sung that an hour ago,’ said the captain, not over-pleased.
Framley Parsonage 2004
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“Let ME see to it, if you please,” replied Nicola, evidently surprised as well as, seemingly, not over-pleased at my zeal.
Youth 2003
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The Frenchman seemed not over-pleased at my question.
The Gambler 2003
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The doctors and the nurses whose care of me is touching are, in this respect at least, not over-pleased with their new patient.
Stuka Pilot Rudel, Hans-Ulrich 1973
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The new owner did not seem over-pleased with his bargain either (he lacked Peggy's discernment) and vented his ill-temper upon the poor horse.
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These quotations go to show that Carranza was not over-pleased with the work of conducting the spy department in Canada.
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