Example sentences of "she would have like [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would have liked to sleep again but found she could not and so she had to get up . |
| 2 | A woman standing next to her thrust a baby into her arms , and with her usual politeness she stayed holding it long after she would have liked to go away . |
| 3 | She would have liked to stay longer , but realised that would have been greedy . |
| 4 | She would have liked to know just which passages in the book her hostess found objectionable , but it was plain that the only way to find out was to study it for herself . |
| 5 | Pressed by Clem and Mrs Vaughan to stay the night , Leonora declined with grateful thanks , hoping her longing to escape was n't visible to Penry 's family , all of whom she would have liked to know better under other circumstances . |
| 6 | She jerked her face free and sat down , putting as much distance as possible between herself and those hard , warm fingers without actually running away , although she would have liked to run away right at that moment . |