Example sentences of "she [modal v] like to be [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I want to ask Miss Everdene if she 'd like to be married . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The other is for Rachel , Flo 's wife in South Africa , because I knew he would n't get round to doing it himself and I thought she 'd like to be able to show their little daughter a picture of her father doing something responsible and public-spirited for a change . ’ |
| 3 | She 'd like to be optimistic . |
| 4 | She imagined that after playing tennis and having tea , they would go on somewhere and she would like to be available to go with them . |
| 5 | That 's why she is a bit nervous ; she would like to be alone with him , without Paul , and she does n't quite know how to arrange it . |
| 6 | I asked Joyce what aspect of her phobia she felt still remained and she said that she would like to be able to go into an open space such as a park , where there were likely to be many more birds around . |
| 7 | Kate says she would like to be able to take more of a hands-on approach to her job . |