Adjective complement with noun phrase

• keep: Like any major social change, you're never going to succeed in keeping everyone happy all of the time.

Modifies a noun

• ending: Maybe, in the end, I'm just a sucker for a happy ending.

• birthday: Happy birthday, Mom, miss you like crazy.

• memory: I have very happy memories of Menorca, the location of many family summer holidays.

• bunny: I have to say that I am not a happy bunny at the moment!

• marriage: Maybe he was after her money, but they seem to have had a happy marriage.

• retirement: We all look forward to a long and happy retirement and not a long and hard up retirement!

Modifying Another Word

• quite: I'm actually quite happy preparing my own food.

Infinitive complement

• discuss: We're always happy to discuss your unique requirements!

• advise: We will be happy to advise you on any of these matters.

• oblige: But the fans want more, and Thunder are always happy to oblige.

• assist: Our booking staff will be happy to assist you with your choice.

• recommend: They asked me for my comments on their original designs, so I am happy to recommend the finished products.

• help: We'll be happy to help with your query.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: They all seem happy to be having a short break from their normal work.

• feel: The first day I arrived I felt happy here.

• look: I have never seen anyone look so happy, when he saw Michael and myself on the quayside.

Preposition: with

• outcome: This really is the ' gold standard ' of dentistry and I'm absolutely 100 % happy with the outcome.

• arrangement: A handful of people are going to be happy with this new arrangement because they will gain from it in a big way.