Example sentences of "would [verb] been pleased " in BNC.
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| 1 | King Sabata Dalindyebo would have been pleased . |
| 2 | alderman Hussey was mayor of the City in 1758 and he would have been pleased that his idea of bringing a clean water supply to St. Edmund 's and St. Martin 's Parishes was still quite useful almost 170 years later . |
| 3 | It might have been difficult to prove that librarians themselves took the initiative for the censorship , although many would have been pleased to make that claim . |
| 4 | Between 1859 and 1863 Sir George Gilbert Scott restored the chapel for its new owners , William and John Dent , at which time Scott designed a canopied tomb for Katherine Parr with a recumbent white marble effigy by John Birnie Philip ; Nash would have been pleased . |
| 5 | So Lewis did not say , even to himself , when he was privately considering trying to get hold of his son in Tenerife , that he disliked Adam and would have been pleased to spoil his holiday . |
| 6 | I would have been pleased to own any of these , but after they were finished she told me they were all ordered . |
| 7 | ‘ He would have been pleased . ’ |
| 8 | Forestry has now been applied to the upper slopes ( Johnson would have been pleased ) , and in sunshine the views of the distant coast sparkle to the north-west . |
| 9 | I would have been pleased to start this section in similar fashion , but could find very little evidence of improvements . |
| 10 | Macari 's opposite number would have been pleased . |
| 11 | Lady More has told us that her husband would have been pleased that this society has been formed , thus ensuring that the BCR will not be forgotten . |
| 12 | It is possible they were acting on their own initiative , in the belief that Stalin would have been pleased to have Kirov removed . |
| 13 | She would have been pleased that the youngsters who come and go will have fond memories of their day in hospital . |