Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb mod] like [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will also be talk of a return by Boycott , who has always been open in admitting that he would like to be either cricket chairman or team manager . |
| 2 | I 'm not sure that he would like to be described as a contacting Peter Hobson at Windyridge , Donington on Bain , Lincolnshire ( telephone : 0507 84737 ; fax : 0507 84393 ) as he dismantles fairly new vehicles . |
| 3 | When his sister , Phoebe , asks him if he has any career ambitions , Holden tells her that he would like to be the ‘ Catcher in the Rye ’ ( a misquote from a poem by Robert Burns ) . |
| 4 | Lindsey used Bravo Golf from the time of its purchase in 1967 until 1973 as the family transport , that was until he had a visit from the Airshow Coordinator at RAF Finningley in 1973 who asked him if he would like to be shot down by a Spitfire and Hurricane at the Battle of Britain airshow that year ! |
| 5 | Before I had completed a question about whether he would like to be Chancellor , MacGregor broke in to say with a smile , as he had to : ‘ But I am enjoying being at transport . |
| 6 | However , the State President is not as confident as he would like to be . |
| 7 | He felt that although his chest infection was better he was not really as active as he would like to be . |