Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb mod] like [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Obviously I would like to be as successful as I was at Everton , ’ he said , ‘ but you can not do that in five minutes . |
| 2 | ‘ Obviously I would like to be as successful as I was at Everton , ’ he said , ‘ but you can not do that in five minutes . |
| 3 | ‘ Personally I would like to be taller , but certainly not curvier . |
| 4 | So you 'd like to be put down on the ballot to be approved do you ? |
| 5 | Just for once I 'd like to be able to do something properly , but I never will . |
| 6 | Also I 'd like to be taller and be able to afford to spend more money on clothes that would ‘ express my personality ’ . |
| 7 | If it 's fine tomorrow I 'd like to be up to catch the tide . |
| 8 | Ah well I 'd like to be able to pay for what I want too you know . |
| 9 | really well you know I always think sometimes you 'd like to be sort of be crazy would n't you ? |
| 10 | Ideally one would like to be able to give a general characterisation of suitable sentence types ; unfortunately this is not at present possible . |