Example sentences of "i should be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should be grateful for the Financial Secretary 's guidance on these two points . |
| 2 | I should be grateful for some clarification . |
| 3 | As I am unable to call to discuss these with you in person during bank opening hours I should be grateful for a reply in writing which I can present to the Council at their next meeting on 2 April 1992 . |
| 4 | I should be grateful for a prompt reply so that I can report on this to the next meeting of the Parish Council on 16th July . |
| 5 | I should be grateful for your comments on this so I can bring them before the Parish Council at their next meeting on 27th August . |
| 6 | I should be grateful for a prompt reply so that I can present it to the Parish Council at their next meeting on 27th August . |
| 7 | I suppose I should be grateful to be a white man . |
| 8 | ‘ But remember , far from you being beholden to me , it is the other way around , I should be grateful to you . ’ |
| 9 | It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors . |
| 10 | ‘ I should be better in two or three days . |
| 11 | ‘ I should be sorry for him if he did not land more in the thorns than in the flowers — that 's all . ’ |
| 12 | I know I 've made a lot of mistakes and there are probably a lot of things I should be sorry about but I would n't change my life , I would make the same mistakes because they 've taught me so much . |
| 13 | PAMELA : Indeed , sir , it is impossible I should be ungrateful to your honour or disobedient , but when your commands are contrary to that first duty which will ever be the principle of my life . |
| 14 | I should be used to it by now . |
| 15 | I should be used to it by now , she thought miserably . |
| 16 | I should be glad of another death |
| 17 | If the hon. Gentleman has agreed with members of his Front Bench that that is the line to take , I should be glad of confirmation . |
| 18 | I should be appalled by her attitude . |
| 19 | If I take them now , and lie down , I should be OK in a couple of hours . ’ |
| 20 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his opening remarks , after which perhaps I should be brief in answering his supplementary question . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said firmly , ‘ I should be happy to . ’ |
| 22 | He hesitated for only a moment , then glanced briefly at Alexandra and said , ‘ I should be happy to . ’ |
| 23 | I suppose that I should be happy with that response . |
| 24 | ‘ I should be happy with this arrangement , ’ you say … |
| 25 | I should be happy with this arrangement . |
| 26 | ‘ And you think I should be satisfied with that ? ’ he enquired coldly , dark brows raised . |
| 27 | Are there any other charges I should be aware of ? |
| 28 | ‘ My instincts told me that I should be aware of him and everything he did . |
| 29 | Pressing , as her distresses are , if I did not think her heart was rightly turned , I should be afraid of proposing such a measure , lest it should unsettle the sobriety of her mind , and , by exciting her vanity , indispose her for the laborious employments of her humble condition ; but it would be cruel to imagine that we can not mend her fortune without impairing her virtue . |
| 30 | I should be interested in hearing from anyone involved in family interventions where a family member suffers from schizophrenia . |