Example sentences of "would [verb] [be] nice " in BNC.
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| 1 | With up to 8Mb on the motherboard there probably is n't any need for expansion if the machine is used solely as a network station , but it would 've been nice to find a PCMCIA slot for something like a modem . |
| 2 | You would have thought Magnus 's mother would have been nice to me but I bet Father had already telephoned and told her lies about me , because she made me wait in the hall until Nanny came to collect me in a taxicab . |
| 3 | It would have been nice to have had somebody so that they could have been turned on together by the faint giggles and murmured conversation coming from upstairs . |
| 4 | It would have been nice if Baby 's name could have been Michael . |
| 5 | It would have been nice to go into partnership with my son Paul , but he deals in what used to be called the avant-garde , the most difficult stuff to sell , and wants to be in New York . |
| 6 | It would have been nice for him to wind things up by breaking the back of Britain 's opposition to integration . |
| 7 | It would have been nice , however , if the band had informed Gannon of the decision to fire him before the rumours spread through the Mancunian underground . |
| 8 | It would have been nice though . |
| 9 | I think it would have been nice to announce the passing of these old trams ; there should have been a farewell trip on the Promenade ’ . |
| 10 | Several people were presented and it would have been nice to have been closer . |
| 11 | It would have been nice to see a mention of this in Guitarist 's review of the same product . |
| 12 | Woking boss Geoff Chapple said : ‘ The lads did me proud and it would have been nice to have just one more glory run in the Cup . ’ |
| 13 | Martin Glen , at Lehman Brothers , disagrees : ‘ In terms of realising value , it would have been nice to pick the top of the market , but in terms of business necessity , the best time to do it is as soon as possible , ’ he says . |
| 14 | It would have been nice to have it , even if not actually turning . |
| 15 | Say it … . it would have been nice to talk more . ’ |
| 16 | The draw cost Norwich crucial points in the championship race and assistant manager John Deehan said : ‘ It would have been nice to close that gap at the top because we now find ourselves a bit adrift . |
| 17 | It would have been nice to have been in the presentation room when the John Smith 's brand manager was told the script of their ads . |
| 18 | She did n't envy anyone really ; but it would have been nice to have had a father , or at least to be able to remember him , and no matter how often her mother spoke about him and told her what he was like , there was a sort of emptiness inside her , and she was beginning to think there always would be There was a day in September which her mother kept special to remember her father . |
| 19 | This can be confusing ; it would have been nice if each topic could have been dealt with in one place only . |
| 20 | ‘ It would have been nice to have worked through the issues with the GPs and negotiated with the patient . ’ |
| 21 | It would have been nice to have unicorns . |
| 22 | It would have been nice to be able to keep out of his way . |
| 23 | It 's just that it would have been nice to have seen the signs , ’ said Caspar , rolling the maps up and packing them in his saddle bag . |
| 24 | ‘ No , but it would have been nice to have a little memento , would n't it , Bartlemas ? ’ |
| 25 | It would have been nice actually if somebody had said , we 're not going to have quality management , we 're going to have uck management . |
| 26 | It would have been nice for us to be all together , that 's all … but they 're growing up now . |
| 27 | Had heard about it , read about it , but never actually experienced it , nor this violent awareness , and it would have been nice to see if it led anywhere . |
| 28 | It would have been nice if the health common services authority had sone so — and created 800 jobs . |
| 29 | Er , would have been nice if there 'd been a rock or something for one of them to break over . |
| 30 | ‘ That would have been nice if the customs had asked me to open it . ’ |