Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] like to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I should like to be your wife . ’ |
| 2 | I should like to be sure that the child Barbara is carrying is my grandchild , not your bastard . ’ |
| 3 | Er , I should like to the names next month and I hope you 'll all support us because the numbers are going down and if we do n't get sufficient numbers , it 'll have to cancelled like the Torbay one . |
| 4 | I should like to be something more than a drill-master for competent philologists — the generation of present-day teachers , the care of the growing younger generation , this is what I have in mind . " |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said , ‘ I should like to . |
| 6 | I should like to very much . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I should like to above anything . |
| 8 | ‘ No , ’ she admitted and then added shyly , ‘ I — I should like to be painted . ’ |
| 9 | There is a meeting of the Parish Council on 16th July and I should like to be able to bring your reply to that meeting . |
| 10 | er sale occurred when they went through the electrical register and asked people who lived in flats whether they wanted a green cone , they did n't even have a garden , let alone a window box but nevertheless erm I the green cone extends ought to be reported on , ought to be encouraged and such like because it is the individual person who is going to recycle using their own garden in their own small way as opposed to transporting the stuff maybe to a waste tip and such like where it has to be dealt with at a an expensive way and if a the best part of the expense of dealing with waste of course is actually to transport and transport throughout the roads and if you do it in your own gardens so much the better and I , I , I should like to er and taking part in the green cone experiment er further experiments like that whereby the individual person is encouraged to do it . |
| 11 | ‘ If I have misused another of your American idioms , ’ he said stiffly , ‘ I should like to be so informed . ’ |
| 12 | I feel I can not mention them all yet again , much as I should like to . |
| 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 | ‘ I thought I might like to window-shop . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd like to be able to say yes I do , but I left so long ago . |
| 17 | I ca n't bring them here although I 'd like to , and I ca n't be with them safely . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd like to very much . ’ |
| 19 | I 'd like to be on the lovely buses . |
| 20 | ‘ Thank you , I 'd like to . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Look , ’ he said at last , ‘ the point is , I 'd like to be your friend . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , like all the other times I 've spoken to you , I 'd like to be put through to Mr Roirbak . ’ |
| 23 | Also I 'd like to be taller and be able to afford to spend more money on clothes that would ‘ express my personality ’ . |
| 24 | Not that I want to look as if I shop at Next , or look cute , or anything , it 's just that I ca n't afford to dress the way I 'd like to . |
| 25 | I 'd like to be transported to a bathroom in the Ritz and then to a dry Martini in the bar . ’ |
| 26 | I 'd like to emphasis the risks taken by a higher-powered woman when dating an office junior . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd like to . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd like to very much . |
| 29 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 30 | Curtis told the police when arrested : ‘ I 'd like to be recognized for making the planet a better place to live in . ’ |