Example sentences of "[modal v] like [to-vb] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we 'll do , let's just split into two groups , one group to have a look at aggressive people , one group to have a look at passive and what I 'd like to do is identify any groups . |
| 2 | I mean what what ideally I 'd like to do is to go is to get those qualifications and then move into back into the field of of archaeology working with |
| 3 | What I 'd like to do is go back to my natural colour . |
| 4 | What I 'd like to do is go through the minutes of the last meeting . |
| 5 | There are no conditions specifically attached under the IDO but of course we have obligations — the county minerals officer will be pursuing us for restoration quite rightly — what we 'd like to do is go beyond the basic restoration and make it much better . |
| 6 | Because what I 'd like to do is give people a view as to how they can best formulate their letters to you to get the right kind of reply from you . |
| 7 | What they 'd like to do is script it really . |
| 8 | Right , well , good evening , ladies , gentlemen and members of the public , and erm , the first thing I 'd like to do is to ask the youngest of the young ladies at the end of the table , who have come to talk to us , and I 'm not quite sure , let me guess which one , but I reckon that that 's Miss and , and that 's Miss . |
| 9 | We wan na get more , you know , there 's th , thi thi this er , there is no point really in saying things like , what I 'd like to do is to improve the quality of the appointments because that do n't tell you anything . |
| 10 | What I 'd like to do is have an industry day then and then a parent 's invitation to see what the kids had done and a quick feedback . |
| 11 | What I 'd like to do is to help them to see that they do n't need to give up on the computer , that they can actually be the master of it , although of course I do n't I 'm not suggesting that they become programmers — that would be to abdicate their function in another way — but certainly they can understand it , and I think of course it keeps coming back to this issue over and over again , an issue about education . |
| 12 | So where might you say Okay look er what I 'd like to do is ask questions . |
| 13 | Okay what I 'd like to do is get you to work in three syndicates looking at body language , voice tone , words , proximity , attitude , voice volume but what we 'd like to do is actually work in a syndicate that is out of style , out of keeping in your normal style . |
| 14 | The Porsche might be here , but initially what I 'd really like is a new car , and what I 'd like to do is get up at midnight on the first of August , and drive around in my brand new car in the dark . |
| 15 | What I 'd like to do is reprice that and put that in as the net list . |
| 16 | now ideally what I 'd like to do is to have a chat with somebody , a |
| 17 | But we have to manage to find out how these people think , how we can convince them Even to protect themselves , one of the things we 'd like to show is look , using this mercury , you 're killing yourself . |
| 18 | What I would like to do is to take you through some of the issues we tried to work through . |
| 19 | What I would like to do is to come back on Monday sorry Tuesday , Tuesday , Tuesday . |
| 20 | But what I would like to do is to keep him here , just for the next few hours . |
| 21 | Now what I would like to do is come back and see you either next week or the week after . |