Example sentences of "would [be] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought you 'd be pleased to see me . ’ |
| 2 | I think that 's what I think , but I 'm not sure that if I 'd been born here I 'd be pleased to see me walking down the lane . |
| 3 | I 've already put the , er , resolution to the shareholders but , erm er , before voting on it I 'd be pleased to answer any questions . |
| 4 | I 'd be pleased to answer questions Chairman , and I 'm sure Mr will help , help me deal with the budget crisis . |
| 5 | He 's a good all-rounder and when he 's finished the tunnel he 'd be pleased to join the Bolshoi ballet as a roustabout . |
| 6 | I 'd be pleased to give way . |
| 7 | And so th union er er issued er er a a leaflet affair and said that they 'd be pleased to receive loans from any of the members . |
| 8 | You have made 'em red , you have made 'em redundant and you in , in you have and I hope you 've had nobody redundant because I 've I 'd be pleased to go out to those homes and say them come back and I would be pleased to go up to and say you 've got your figures wrong because you 're saying that nobody 's made redundant ooh well I I 'm so pleased . |
| 9 | There are no plans for future coffee mornings , although if there is a demand — and more help — I 'd be pleased to continue . |
| 10 | I 'd be pleased to do so Mr Nicholas . |
| 11 | I think he 'd be pleased to do it . |
| 12 | Its owners say they 'd be pleased to allow a memorial on the site . |
| 13 | If that 's what 's going to happen I 'd be pleased to work for you . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I 'd be pleased to provide any references you need , but may I suggest that you consider a little more before acting precipitately . |
| 15 | ’ I 'd be pleased to meet your son , Mrs. Dow ’ I said . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , I 'd be pleased to help wherever I can . ’ |
| 17 | Again , I 'm sure he 'd be pleased to help you . |
| 18 | A delighted Kiwomya said : ‘ I told the lads I 'd be pleased to get on the score sheet on my birthday , but to score a couple is unbelievable . |
| 19 | ‘ He 'd be pleased to hear you say that . |
| 20 | Also , if you have any comments on the booklet or can think of ways that we might improve it , we 'd be pleased to hear from you . |
| 21 | If you 're not happy with the answer then I 'd be pleased to hear about it and er and er obviously we can assess the priority . |
| 22 | He 'd be stupid to do otherwise . |
| 23 | You 'd be stupid to go across the stepping stones if you did n't have the power to jump from one to the other , pretty big , but the , so are the distances between them and at that time of the year the river was pretty high too and r rather boisterous , so it would n't be very pleasant if you had fallen in , but you 've got to have that but you 've also got to have stamina as you said , but it would n't have been any fun if you 'd got halfway across and your stamina had run out , then fire brigade called out , the fire brigade or something . |
| 24 | But I can not , and I do n't think you 'd be right to expect my officers to prepare detailed rebuttals . |
| 25 | Norman 's neighbours say they 'd be sad to see the face go . |
| 26 | ‘ I never thought I 'd be sad to leave this place . ’ |
| 27 | I suppose it just could be Uncle Cosmo , although I 'd be sad to hear he 'd died . |
| 28 | It 'd be easy to find , even if you were n't looking for it . ’ |
| 29 | If you can be as … affected as you seem to have been by answering journalists ' questions , perhaps I 'd be wiser to wait for publication of results , like everyone else . |
| 30 | Cobalt said : ‘ In this weather they 'd be wiser to stay on land . ’ |