Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is only — or mainly — accommodation problems which stop you repeating the year , Grandad & I would like you to know that you are welcome to live here & go to Oban High School . |
| 2 | Head of Department : ‘ In 1976 I had a clear idea where I would like to be going : |
| 3 | As the brochure on the procedure in these cases explains it is not always possible to conclude a claim as quickly as you or I would like . |
| 4 | Is it erm the national parks and greenbelt or I 'd like to understand what it means . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Providence , destiny — although I would like to treat destiny with a very small " d " in my case — inevitably played their parts but nevertheless I got away with it , and my crew got away with it . |
| 7 | I ca n't bring them here although I 'd like to , and I ca n't be with them safely . |
| 8 | ‘ It was an honour to be captain in Cyprus and although I 'd like to say it was not important , it is nice . |
| 9 | It is a novelty record in some respects , although I 'd like to think it 's a lot deeper than that too . |
| 10 | No , although I 'd like to have my own farm , I 'll stay with you , and you know why . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Sometimes I would like to have a go , experiment with make-up , but because Mum does n't wear any , it does n't occur to her that I might like to . |
| 14 | ‘ Will you take me on the road here to see one or two things that I might like to see ? ’ |
| 15 | At any rate , at the next ward meeting , he suggested that I might like to stand for the local council . |
| 16 | He he he actually suggested that I might like to call and see him this afternoon but I was n't available for that so well |
| 17 | Well , well I think I would , I would rath it I mean i it they 've got the responsibility to whistle blow now , you know , professional they 've got , er you know , they 're they these are professionals and they should , they should whistle blow and I mean Maxwell is a perfect example of how nobody , nobody blew the whistle and if you read through the writs , those lots of these people knew what were what was happening an and the whistle should have been blown and I see no reason why the why the pension regulator is going to get any different , different response and also I mean really these people are being in many cases given by th given information by their clients , you know , and I think it 's a very difficult situation to turn round to , to somebody like Mr Maxwell and say well look I 'm terribly sorry Mr Maxwell , we 're going to report you to the pensions regulator , you know and I think that , that er you will just find that that I just do n't feel that the pension regulator in , in that respect , I mean I , I think that I might like to if Peter suggested a pension fraud squad that , that had a open telephone line and the same sort of er powers as the Serious Fraud Office you know , so that if er anybody in a pension fund could , could ring a number and er and people absolutely descended th that , I mean they ge they say somewhere in the report that the pension regulator is going to have er powers and monies to do spot checks . |
| 18 | I feel that I would like |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I 'd like a piana from you for Christmas or if you can not get me that I would like a bike . |
| 21 | If there 's any song that I would like to do , but would never attempt because I would n't know how to begin , that 's the one . |
| 22 | ‘ I have always thought that I would like to be a fashion designer . |
| 23 | It is the fascination of these contrasted views of drama in education that I would like to share with the reader as the basis for this chapter . |
| 24 | The second thing that I would like to know is what happens if I put larger tyres on my vehicle , it has the standard crossply 's at the moment . |
| 25 | There is another thing that I would like to ask . |
| 26 | Can you please advise Michael Daniell and Peter Mothersole that I would like to take a holiday as follows : |
| 27 | something I am reading or thinking about at present that I would like to remember . |
| 28 | I said that I would like to influence what was taught in schools but that this was always frowned upon . |
| 29 | My only reservation is that I would like to see this approach extended into other important areas of psychology such as learning , intelligence , memory , personality and , especially , attitudes . |
| 30 | ‘ I must confess , ’ Mrs Carson smiled , ‘ that I would like to keep you with us . |