Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] like [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is Jobson really 30 years old ? 2 million quid seems an awful lot of money for a 30 year old , although I would like to see us buy a really top class centre back . |
| 2 | ‘ It was an honour to be captain in Cyprus and although I 'd like to say it was not important , it is nice . |
| 3 | But I enjoyed your tte — tte with Naomi in that choochy little patisserie , although I 'd like to smack her for one or two of her remarks . ’ |
| 4 | It is a novelty record in some respects , although I 'd like to think it 's a lot deeper than that too . |
| 5 | So that 's an important point and one which is not in Freud 's book although I 'd like to think it would have been , had he written it much later on when , when group erm therapy had become very fashionable . |
| 6 | It is midnight and after great difficulty I managed with my little bit of French to convey to my dancing partner of the evening that I would like to see her home . |
| 7 | Yes I w I I would think so I mean it it wo n't occur in five minutes of course erm and I I would still say that I would like to see them in the six yard box more often . |
| 8 | It really is something that I would like to see us achieve in the future and if this can be brought forward by meeting the developer down there , then I would be , certainly be in favour of that and I would certainly like , and this is what we said at this meeting , to find out a little more detail of exactly what they were offering but we have to be minded all the time , as I said again , is how we 're going to acquire permission to go over one or two different land owners ' lands . |
| 9 | We have got a flexibility factor on Tuesday morning , but if I can avoid that I would like to do it , and I 'm sure some some others would as well . |
| 10 | That 's the overall and rather special context of this year in , in the year of the youth but every year is an important from the point of view of commodores and clubs and the amount of work that ac goes on on the ground through supporting causes and the effort to recruit membership and it 's in that rather mundane day to day part of R Y A membership that I would like to congratulate you first I think all of you have worked extremely hard and the reports reflect the success achieved and I would particularly highlight the increase in membership , now that obviously has n't been easy and this does require a huge effort of , a consistent effort and it 's not something you can just apply every now and again . |
| 11 | ‘ I must confess , ’ Mrs Carson smiled , ‘ that I would like to keep you with us . |
| 12 | ‘ But understand , from my side , that I 'd like to see her once a fortnight , if it 's just for an hour , and that whatever holidays the other bairns have , she 's got to have the same . |
| 13 | Now , I 've got some questions that I 'd like to ask you . |
| 14 | These are questions that I 'd like to ask you from what you 've told me so far , erm , I 'd like to ask you Mr about erm , from your point of view , from your erm experience with the electrical |
| 15 | Now I think that is a basic injustice that I 'd like to hear you two address . |
| 16 | He is also in Year 10 , due to the costs of schooling , so I would like to help his to continue his education . |
| 17 | ‘ So I 'd like to give him to you . |
| 18 | At the moment the academy has a nearmonopoly of the subject , and I would like to see it broken , in a recognition of the traditional cultural truth that good criticism can be written by poets and novelists , and indeed by people whose professional concern is not with literature at all . |
| 19 | I do n't think anybody appreciates just how much , and I would like to put it on record , how much George does on behalf of the provence a very considerable piece of work ! |
| 20 | Er Mr also commented om the er consideration of the er emerging alteration and increase in Selby District 's allocation from ten thousand to eleven and a half thousand dwellings erm and I would like to assure him now that we have completed out local plan studies , we are in the process of fine tuning them and and I 'm quite confident that we will be able to accommodate the eleven and a half thousand dwellings . |
| 21 | ‘ He had been nursed superbly and that needs to be said because the nurses have gone through a difficult time for obvious reasons and I would like to assure them , in public , that what they have done was quite superlative . ’ |
| 22 | I 've been giving some thought to the next edition of our magazine Rural Wales / Cymru Wledig , and I would like to persuade you to contribute the next Comment Column ( see page 2 of the magazine ) . |
| 23 | ‘ During the whole affair I have had hundreds of letters from English fans , and I would like to thank them all for their support . |
| 24 | Waterlife Research Industries have kindly replaced the test kit , even though they were not at fault and I would like to thank them for this . |
| 25 | And I would like to ask you , er er and the rest of the committee of who , whatever we can do , and that the officers should advise us what we can do , to make a further submission . |
| 26 | Sir , — The new Mayor of Woodbridge , Mr Tony Hubbard , is encouraging local residents to promote Woodbridge as a commercial and retail centre in the face of the threat posed by new superstores and I would like to give him my support . |
| 27 | Now it is something that you could find out for yourself but on the other hand it is there and I would like to highlight it and bring it to your attention . |
| 28 | ‘ Our clients have been informed of the situation by letter and I would like to reassure them that their holidays and their money are safe . ’ |
| 29 | My husband died nearly 15 years ago and I would like to reassure you that , although the pain never goes completely , time is indeed a great healer . |
| 30 | ‘ In many ways , it could not have come at a worse time because the selectors are obviously considering alternatives after the defeat at Old Trafford and I would like to think I would be one of them . ’ |