Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [verb] [been] proud [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Big Daddy would have been proud of this tackle on Dave Mitchell , but the ref waved play on . |
| 2 | ‘ Have faith in the future , my princes , ’ she had concluded , ‘ and be of good cheer — you are your father 's sons , and he who laughed always at adversity would have been proud of you . |
| 3 | " My father would have been proud of you , " he spat , " did he even realize the half of what you did , eh ? " |
| 4 | Paul Walsh floated in a dangerous cross which the hapless Robinson diverted into his own net with a powerful diving header any striker would have been proud of . |
| 5 | A West Point cadet would have been proud of those shoes already . |
| 6 | She was beautiful , good and innocent too , a wife any man would have been proud of — unless , of course , he was a de Rochefort of La Tour Monchauzet . |
| 7 | Lord Williams described it as a system the old Soviet Union would have been proud of . |