Example sentences of "[pers pn] would like have " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would like to have seen him holding us back with an old sword in his hand . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know much about art , ’ said Crocker , sitting down and crossing one elegant lean leg over the other , ‘ but there 's one painting I would like to have . |
| 3 | I would like to have read more on the subject by Frank Bowling , whose views seem not to be harmonised with Araeen 's somewhat dogmatic viewpoint . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But if I am honest I would like to have been born perhaps six or seven years later . |
| 6 | I would like to have a family one day but I can not think about next week , let alone something as important as that , ’ she added with already familiar coyness . |
| 7 | ‘ But I would like to have seen her perform at bona fide concerts to prove her critics wrong . |
| 8 | Dear Friend , I embrace you as I would like to have done on the day you left . |
| 9 | I would like to have discovered what had become of Mr Graham , for although we had not known each other well , I would say we had got on on those occasions we had met . |
| 10 | I must say , I was rather disappointed , for I would like to have discussed the bantering question with him . |
| 11 | If I started again I would like to have … ( 1 ) a ghost writer , not for my speeches but for my letters and statements : he would be the kind of person who could take the Ministry 's policy and translate it into the kind of words I would use ; ( 2 ) perhaps an economist ; and ( 3 ) a general investigator whose job it would be to brief me so that I could participate intelligently at Cabinet Committees and in Cabinet on subjects outside my own Department . |
| 12 | ‘ I would like to have children with my wife . ’ |
| 13 | In this article I would like to have a look at the nuts and bolts of his style , with the emphasis being shifted to the devices that he uses as opposed to the specific parts that he plays . |
| 14 | Winding down this little jet Ferrari was a tremendous anti-climax — I would like to have gone on flying it all week . |
| 15 | She adds : ‘ I would like to have a boyfriend but it is not the most important thing right now . |
| 16 | ‘ I would like to have seen how brave he is with players like Ron Yates and Norman Hunter about . |
| 17 | This is not the start in life I would like to have given her . |
| 18 | I would like to have a go at some serious birdwatching , but I do n't know where to start . |
| 19 | I would like to have told them both that on that occasion the crack had sailed over my head . |
| 20 | I would like to have said , ‘ Yes and it looks like it ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ I would like to have been a cave-woman , to see how we started . |
| 22 | I would like to have been the first person in the world ’ , she added lightly . |
| 23 | I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST PERSON IN THE WORLD |
| 24 | Perhaps in his way he was the sort of cricketer I would like to have been if I had possessed the talent . |
| 25 | but I mean it depends also I suppose erm , when your aiming for is the market , and I , I , I would like to have my work published but I also like to perform it and its got to be attractive to be looked at , in the first instance in , on a page its not known , er , there is , there is a lot of debate at the moment about using erm pages for poetry and some poets have actually starting using , writing from the wrong side and , and , and , and writing in the shape of a poem , for instance , if , what poem I was thinking off was a , was a waterfall so it was cascading the words cascading , you almost have to pick , ha , ha , have a choice of , of words that you want to fit into a particular thing , erm I think that 's had its place , but I think it can be a bit off putting as well , yeah , but it exciting , yeah definitely . |
| 26 | I mean it just seems to me an area which I think I would like to have a bit more information on . |
| 27 | they 'd leave themselves open to some criticism erm because the beneficiaries of whoever otherwise may be entitled to the shares may have said I would like to have those shares . |
| 28 | I do n't feel that I have succeeded in mixing with the community as well as I would like to have done . |
| 29 | I would like to have it very much because music is one of the great pleasures in life to me but I just have nowhere to put it at the moment . |
| 30 | I would like to have your permission to extend my stay , Mr Connon . ’ |