be thankful for small mercies

We are thankful for small mercies following a downturn of the kind seen after first reading.

Well, be thankful for small mercies, Banks told himself.

"Let's be thankful for small mercies, then," Banks said as they set off downstairs.

She wondered wryly whether to be thankful for small mercies, or to feel insulted.

Life could be cruel, all right; Jerry should be thankful for small mercies.

I should, I thought, be thankful for small mercies.

"Let us be thankful for small mercies," said Ruby.

Not much better, but after such a frustrating first-half in terms of chances, we have to be thankful for small mercies.

'Be thankful for small mercies, I see no sign of broken bones in you.

Margery and Lady Amelia could only be thankful for small mercies.

Katie, whom circumstances had taught to be thankful for small mercies, was perfectly happy in the shadow of the throne.

Some were thankful for small mercies.

The marquess was thankful for small mercies.

I suppose we may be thankful for small mercies, like Gingrich's transparent lack of any principles whatsoever and his uncontrollable mouth.

One is thankful for small mercies when a hairy savage with a blood-stained knife is standing at one's elbow.

Hey, be thankful for small mercies - at least he didnt manage to cram in:

But then the CIA equivalent was "wet boys", which made you sound like a bloody poof, so maybe they should be thankful for small mercies.

So far, so good, thought Amory Neave, who had learned to be thankful for small mercies.

Mr. Walsh does not chew tobacco and spit, as some do, and as always I am thankful for small mercies.

She wished she didn't love him quite so much, but just being with him for an hour was wonderful, and she must be thankful for small mercies.

TO be thankful for small mercies will be a vital ingredient of England's hopes of success on the three-month tour to India and Sri Lanka.

She ought to be thankful for small mercies, though: she did have the obliging chap, rendering services far more welcome than a snog even if he had been her type.

Innokenty neither knocked on it nor shouted: he remembered that a few buttons had been left on the overcoat, and that he must be thankful for small mercies.

After an absence of so many years, this kissing among men seems an odd thing, but one ought to be thankful for small mercies: at least it is only two kisses and not three, as is the Russian custom.

The story ends with Foster, impressed by Hornblower's actions, telling Hornblower that since the attack prevented him from failing the examination that Hornblower should "Then be thankful for small mercies.