Example sentences of "[modal v] be glad " in BNC.

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1 I should be glad of another death
2 The Russians and the Americans should be glad when they finally drop Ethiopia 's President Mengistu and Zaire 's President Mobutu .
3 If you could send one soon , I should be glad .
4 I should be glad to hear what you are going to do about her as soon as possible .
5 Mr. Leapor has put down a Grave-Stone in Memory of his Daughter ; and I should be glad if any of the ingenious Gentlemen you mention would be so good as to write a few Lines to be put upon it
6 ( We should be glad to have suggestions about ways in which it can be improved . )
7 I should be glad if you would come with me to my hotel .
8 A further problem is that although we should be glad that speed control measures are encouraged more strongly than they were in 1977 , they are only applied to very small developments .
9 You should be glad .
10 I should say that you should think , well those of us that are healthy any way , we should be glad that our body 's have stood us this length of time and have allowed us to come here to this programme and to take part in it , I 'm certainly delighted that mine 's a , gave me three children , nothing to complain about .
11 You should be glad that I do n't give you false looks or smiles .
12 ’ You should be glad that I did n't .
13 I should be glad if Mr Henderson , USA , would transmit to the Shah the following observation of a general character which I believe is correct and in accordance with democratic principles .
14 If you hear tell of better tonics I should be glad to hear of them . ’
15 A glance at some of their fellow-passengers suggested to his mind several reasons why she should be glad of a companion .
16 Surely he should be glad to see her go ?
17 She turned away , feeling sick at heart , even though she knew she should be glad .
18 I should be glad if you would ensure that we receive the current and all future issues of this publication .
19 We found these very interesting and should be glad to see copies of the material you mentioned as about to go to print .
20 I should be glad , therefore , if you would attend for interview in accordance with the undernoted instructions .
21 If your father will receive me in his house , I should be glad .
22 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 .
23 I should be glad if the Minister would comment on the suggestions that have been made that there is wrangling with other Government Departments over who has to pay for these places .
24 I should be glad to hear , therefore , what intensification of efforts are being made by Garda Siochana or Irish military personnel .
25 ‘ I should be glad to give evidence to Lord Justice Scott 's inquiry . ’
26 ‘ I suppose we should be glad the fire-eater is on our side , and not the Germans ’ . '
27 Even if your centre is not taking part in the pilot , we should be glad to know your views ( for a contact name and telephone number see page 4 ) .
28 Investors must be glad that French law limited Hachette to 25 p.c. of La Cinq but British bank Kleinwort Benson obligingly took a 7 p.c. stake and is looking to Hachette to recover its money .
29 The Pentagon must be glad that they added the faint possibility that there was one chance in ten thousand that security might be breached .
30 You must be glad the terrorists have gone away , even if it was at a terrible cost to your country .
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