Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] to be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I suppose I ought to expect to be bullied . |
| 2 | I shall require you to salute me , to speak to me only as vous , and , when you must address me , I should prefer to be called mon colonel . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ No , ’ she admitted and then added shyly , ‘ I — I should like to be painted . ’ |
| 4 | I might need to be set up and ready to go , with up to £600 to spend . |
| 5 | so he said this one I 'll have to be done |
| 6 | I mean I 've backed out of going , having , I 'm supposed to be working on that on the stalls as well but I backed out of that and said I 've got a hair cut , erm , so I 'll have to be done last . |
| 7 | But I , I , I I ou really I , I know I 'll have to be thrown into the situation of having to do it |
| 8 | I decided that , for anything I could measure to be considered part of a memory trace or engram , it needed to show the following properties . |
| 9 | I 'd hope to be assassinated before dusk . |
| 10 | Er I 'd want to be seen if it were only back of , back of |
| 11 | I do n't know that I 'd want to be left alone with her for any length of time . " |
| 12 | In fact — ’ his upper lip curled fastidiously as he paused thoughtfully ‘ — in fact , if we did n't have our professional connection to serve as camouflage , I do n't think I 'd care to be seen with you . |
| 13 | She added apologetically , ‘ Sophie thinks I 'm too romantic , and I suppose I am , but I must admit I 'd love to be protected . ’ |
| 14 | I 'd love to be forced to do it in strange positions . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd love to be considered a novelty act . |
| 16 | ‘ So you think I 'd prefer to be walled up in that mausoleum — that grave of a house . ’ |
| 17 | If someone offered me my life again , I 'd ask to be born aged sixteen . |
| 18 | Curtis told the police when arrested : ‘ I 'd like to be recognized for making the planet a better place to live in . ’ |
| 19 | I 'd like to be seen in something long and flowing for once ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not scared , I 'd like to be bombed , it ‘ ud be super exciting ! ’ |
| 21 | Well there 's one really name I 'd like to be called and no , it 's not , it does n't begin with A. |
| 22 | ‘ Well , like all the other times I 've spoken to you , I 'd like to be put through to Mr Roirbak . ’ |
| 23 | I 'd like to be transported to a bathroom in the Ritz and then to a dry Martini in the bar . ’ |
| 24 | And I 'd like to be fined . |
| 25 | ‘ In the long-run I 'd like to be looked on as a composer rather than a stick player . |
| 26 | I would expect to be consulted as I was . |
| 27 | My reply was that I doubted if any such plan had a remote chance of success , and that I would want to be assured of the truthfulness and authenticity of the document he was planning to send me . |
| 28 | ‘ On that subject , ’ Orcadai spoke finally , ‘ I would hope to be consulted first . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I — I would prefer to be excused . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I would love to be included , ’ she said . |