Example sentences of "i [modal v] like [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should like to live in a community , Eleanor Thorne decided , I should like to taste the fruits of life in a small home , a retirement home , an old people 's house , whatever it might be called . |
| 2 | For the purpose of this book , I should like to think of a smallholding as any parcel of agricultural land of up to ( say ) 100 acres , organized to be worked by one or two people , without paid labour , and through which they can make part or the whole of their living . |
| 3 | To close , I should like to quote from a source that especially some of us find more authoritative than a business man . |
| 4 | In that connection , I should like to quote from a letter that the Secretary of State wrote to the right hon. Member for Selby ( Mr. Alison ) who was concerned — rightly so — about a letter that a tenant in his constituency had received from Grand Metropolitan Estates . |
| 5 | Not that I 'd like to sleep in a box , mind you , not without any air — you 'd wake up dead , for a start and then where would you be ? |
| 6 | I 'd like to go into a little more the composition of the net debt which again is something that er interests some of you we have er a reduction both on gross debt and equally an increase in cash as you would expect as a result of the Elsivir sale the increases are not fixed debt fixed term fixed rate debt is a function again of the exchange rate we have n't in issued any more the whole of the reduction of debt therefore is confined to our floating rate or variable debt and that amount 's ready to the repayment of the gilder drawings we had under our to hedge or partially to hedge our holding in Elsivir We have increased our cash holdings and they remain concentrated in sterling as part of our sterling er asset er portfolio which is managed from Millbank and which we regard as our investable funds as and when needed . |
| 7 | " I 'd like to go for a walk in that park over there , " she said quietly . |
| 8 | ‘ Much as I 'd like to go for a hat trick , my sweet , I have to admit that I 'm not Superman . |
| 9 | Cos do you wan na know why I 'd like to go for a mechanic , do you know why ? |
| 10 | Well why not men go to the bleeding , er well it 's like I 've never been to a proper hen night , Gary 's been to a , a stag night , with female strippers , I 'd like to go to a stag , er a hen night |
| 11 | ‘ Once upon a time I thought I 'd like to go on a trek through a jungle or rain forest . |
| 12 | President , I 'd like to finish with a mo much publicized phrase , from a political skeleton and the Labour Party should take heed , we are , we are thick , we are well , we are here and we are staying . |
| 13 | I showed her my book of poems , ‘ The Grimm Sisters ’ , and she asked if I 'd like to work with a choreographer on a ‘ dance piece ’ which would be a grown-up Christmas show with words and music and story , but mainly dance . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd like to work as a secretary on an island in Scotland . |
| 15 | I do n't think I 'd like to work in a factory . |
| 16 | I 'd like to start with a vote . |
| 17 | and proposals and I 'd like to start with a vote just to find out what kind of hundred this is , do you have a driving licence ? , button one for yes and button two for no seventy two of this hundred have a driving licence which I think is some way above the National average , let me ask you do you have the use of a car or other vehicle whenever you want it ? , button one for yes and button two for no and of seventy two er licence holders , sixty three have the use of a car which again I think is some way over the National average , now what cars do you have ? , now let see what people are driving here there |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd love to win games 6-0 playing entertaining skilful football , but equally I 'd like to stay in a job . ’ |
| 19 | I 'd like to end with a few more general questions about you and your leisure time . |
| 20 | I 'd like to end on a , on a slightly different note . |
| 21 | I 've got an ambition and it is to grow fat I 'd like to grow like a big fat . |
| 22 | There 's a few issues I 'd like to cover from a number of comments , I 'll I 'll |
| 23 | Q I would like to invest in a gravel cleaner that removes detritus without syphoning off water , as I would like to be able to clean the gravel in between regular changes . |
| 24 | Having selected a remedy it must now be given , but first I would like to put in a little reassurance . |
| 25 | Now the police authorities a and the local authorities and the magistrates may be thought to be indulging in special preening , but I do assure Your Lordships that they really are not alone in expressing their anxieties er about the er er er this bill and what it proposes , for example , if I may , I would like to refer to a letter which I received from Justice , chaired by my Noble Friend Lord Alexander of and with his Vice-chairman er er Lord and er they say as an all-party human rights organisation , Justice considers that the composition of police authorities is an important constitutional issue effecting the independence of policing . |
| 26 | After my exam , I would like to go for a course at the Outward Bound School where I can learn many new things . |
| 27 | Finally I would like to touch on a familiar theme of mine , the efficient management of the profession 's resources . |
| 28 | ‘ I would like to live in a tree too . |
| 29 | I would like to help in a general way with Friends ' events |
| 30 | Having been Chairman of BNFL I would like to contribute as a Chairman in the future … and that , I believe , is how I can make my best contribution . |