Example sentences of "like [to-vb] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have sent round a briefing paper , and rather than go right through that , what I 'd just like to do is to highlight two or three things about myself and about the post that I now hold , and I would be pleased to answer any questions that you might have during the next two or three minutes . |
| 2 | Right , well , good evening , ladies , gentlemen and members of the public , and erm , the first thing I 'd like to do is to ask the youngest of the young ladies at the end of the table , who have come to talk to us , and I 'm not quite sure , let me guess which one , but I reckon that that 's Miss and , and that 's Miss . |
| 3 | Because what I 'd like to do is give people a view as to how they can best formulate their letters to you to get the right kind of reply from you . |
| 4 | What I would like to do is to take you through some of the issues we tried to work through . |
| 5 | We wan na get more , you know , there 's th , thi thi this er , there is no point really in saying things like , what I 'd like to do is to improve the quality of the appointments because that do n't tell you anything . |
| 6 | So we 'll do , let's just split into two groups , one group to have a look at aggressive people , one group to have a look at passive and what I 'd like to do is identify any groups . |
| 7 | What I 'd like to do is go back to my natural colour . |
| 8 | What I 'd like to do is go through the minutes of the last meeting . |
| 9 | What I 'd most like to do is go to the court to listen to what 's happening in the trial , but … . ’ |
| 10 | There are no conditions specifically attached under the IDO but of course we have obligations — the county minerals officer will be pursuing us for restoration quite rightly — what we 'd like to do is go beyond the basic restoration and make it much better . |
| 11 | What they 'd like to do is script it really . |
| 12 | And what I would quite like to do is to see you as you come to the end of the starter pack and I think the starter pack is Oh I ca n't remember how many days treatment is in it . |
| 13 | I mean what what ideally I 'd like to do is to go is to get those qualifications and then move into back into the field of of archaeology working with |
| 14 | What I 'd like to do is reprice that and put that in as the net list . |
| 15 | Nahh … what I 'd really like to do is come back as the guy who shot Reagan a few years back , only I would n't miss ! |
| 16 | Now what I would like to do is come back and see you either next week or the week after . |
| 17 | But what I would like to do is to keep him here , just for the next few hours . |
| 18 | What I 'd like to do is have an industry day then and then a parent 's invitation to see what the kids had done and a quick feedback . |
| 19 | What I would like to do is to come back on Monday sorry Tuesday , Tuesday , Tuesday . |
| 20 | So where might you say Okay look er what I 'd like to do is ask questions . |
| 21 | What I 'd like to do is to help them to see that they do n't need to give up on the computer , that they can actually be the master of it , although of course I do n't I 'm not suggesting that they become programmers — that would be to abdicate their function in another way — but certainly they can understand it , and I think of course it keeps coming back to this issue over and over again , an issue about education . |
| 22 | now ideally what I 'd like to do is to have a chat with somebody , a |
| 23 | Actually the last time I was stood up on a platform and did this was in front of erm a S G T congress in Dieppe and I tell you I had to do it in French , and it was much more difficult so I 'm hoping this one will go smoothly , but I , what I 'd really like to do is begin with is offer you erm delegates and platform both , a very very warm welcome from the trade union movement in Portsmouth . |
| 24 | Okay what I 'd like to do is get you to work in three syndicates looking at body language , voice tone , words , proximity , attitude , voice volume but what we 'd like to do is actually work in a syndicate that is out of style , out of keeping in your normal style . |
| 25 | The Porsche might be here , but initially what I 'd really like is a new car , and what I 'd like to do is get up at midnight on the first of August , and drive around in my brand new car in the dark . |
| 26 | But we have to manage to find out how these people think , how we can convince them Even to protect themselves , one of the things we 'd like to show is look , using this mercury , you 're killing yourself . |