Example sentences of "would be [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our Nancy might be only seventeen , but she 's already a full-growed woman to look at , and I know she 'd be pleased to be 'is wife , 'e 'd only 'ave to ask 'er , except 'e did say once that 'e 's waitin' a while before 'e gets married . |
| 2 | I 'd be delighted to be led by him . |
| 3 | My goodness , if I could only be God for a short time-even half a day ! — then I 'd be content to be St Peter for ever after ! " |
| 4 | ‘ So you thought I 'd be content to be your girlfriend , your mistress ? ’ she enquired , her face blank . |
| 5 | She 'd be good to be seen with and she had a sense of humour . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd be proud to be like your mother , ’ said Ellen , and she glanced towards Mary smiling on the mantelpiece and crossed herself . |
| 7 | It 'd be nice to be waiting here for a train and then getting on it and going somewhere nice . |
| 8 | Well , Bilborough , my mother lives at Bilborough , I thought it 'd be nice to be near her , my dad lives up Sherwood , and I used to , I used to live up Sherwood , it 's a good place and got a good school . |
| 9 | ‘ It 'd be great to be there but I 'm not that fussed . |
| 10 | To me I thought we were doing , individual projects which we 'd be able to be update in a loose-leaf format |
| 11 | Add a simultaneous two-player option and you have one of the best film tie-ins I 've played ; a game you 'd be foolish to be without . |
| 12 | Benjamin said : ‘ It would be tremendous to be Yorkshire 's overseas player . ’ |
| 13 | It would be pleasant to be able to say that , as a result , the existence of all automated personal data handling systems is known , even if not much has been vouchsafed of what they do . |
| 14 | ‘ I would be delighted to be able to tell you , ’ Mr Kinnock began . |
| 15 | Heseltine/Kinnock : Yes , well I would be delighted to be able to tell you . |
| 16 | ‘ We would be delighted to be vehicle for this to happen . ’ |
| 17 | She was fast coming to the conclusion that it would be impossible to be neutral about Matthew Preston . |
| 18 | James , who has still to keep a clean sheet , would be disappointed to be overlooked , but he has the confidence and the talent to establish himself at Anfield . |
| 19 | James , who has still to keep a clean sheet , would be disappointed to be overlooked , but he has the confidence and the talent to establish himself at Anfield . |
| 20 | It would be satisfying to be able to list examples of phonological differences between accents in the area of stress and intonation , but unfortunately , straightforward examples are not available ; we do not yet know enough about the phonological functions of stress and intonation , and too little work has been done on comparing accents in terms of these factors . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's a name I seem to be stuck with , but it really would be nice to be called something else for a change , says actor Nigel Havers , best known for his role in the ITV series of the same name . |
| 22 | It would be nice to be totally irresponsible , he felt , and get so stinking drunk that he could say what he liked to them . |
| 23 | Ideally it would be nice to be the perfect shape tomorrow or next week , but this just is not going to happen . |
| 24 | But there are just as many times when it would be nice to be anonymous . |
| 25 | But it would be nice to be told that he was all the same , even if it did make me feel a bit sad . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ All the same , ’ he said , when the spring buds burst on the seven trees that grew in Mafeking Street , along which Wendy had once half-run , half-walked , on her way to give birth to Apricot , ‘ it would be nice to be somewhere different , just for a time , just for a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 27 | It would be nice to be able to ride . |
| 28 | When a pet cat has started scratching the fabric of a valuable chair , for example , or has begun to make messes on an expensive carpet , it would be helpful to be able to sprinkle or smear some hated odour there to keep the animal away . |
| 29 | Though this may be the case , it would be helpful to be given some idea of the potential cost-benefits and disadvantages . |
| 30 | It would be great to be the very Unwise Woman on occasions . |