Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] really like [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd really like to take control of my life — give up smoking . ’
2 I 'd really like to take my singing on further .
3 But a country pub is where I 'd really like to cook .
4 All of these things are really integrated through definition of a client server relational database management system , and that 's what I 'd really like to describe now .
5 I 've got a couple of things I 'd really like to mention if no-one else has got anything .
6 Nahh … what I 'd really like to do is come back as the guy who shot Reagan a few years back , only I would n't miss !
7 AND ME MAZZ I 'D REALLY LIKE TO DO THE WALK WITH YOU .
8 As Derek Brown of Birchfield , who at 13 years old and speculating on a career in athletics , spending two evenings and a Sunday morning training , said : ‘ I do n't let it bother my school work 'cause I can get it all done in my other time , but this [ athletics ] is what I 'd really like to do ; I keep setting myself goals every year to get to the top . ’
9 I certainly would n't do a portrait unless it was someone I 'd really like to do .
10 ‘ What I 'd really like to do now is to go for a drink with you .
11 I think erm what , what we , what I 'd really like to do is if I could get in touch with him and give him the chance to make up his own mind er then he could decide whether or not he would like to have a chat with me and I 'd just run a few ideas by him , just as you 've done , without any pressure er and he can make his own decisions .
12 Actually the last time I was stood up on a platform and did this was in front of erm a S G T congress in Dieppe and I tell you I had to do it in French , and it was much more difficult so I 'm hoping this one will go smoothly , but I , what I 'd really like to do is begin with is offer you erm delegates and platform both , a very very warm welcome from the trade union movement in Portsmouth .
13 The recent blurring of distinctions between gay and straight clubs is a welcome development : ‘ I 'd really like to educate and entertain at the same time .
14 er , so I 've a , is n't it , it 's a case of no news is possibly good news again , erm , I 'm trying to get in touch with the National Co-Organiser for Carl and John without er any success erm , I know he was going to the erm , the British Section just erm , he was gon na check on them and what actions were forthcoming but er , I have n't heard about that erm , I dare say there 's some on the way erm , the erm , the other few points were erm Jackie 's talk last month she mentioned that erm she was gon na give sort of the more forms sort of side presentation and stuff at their centre in North London , I 've got ta date for that now , it 's erm the eighteenth of March , which is a Wednesday so eh , I 'll certainly be going , if anybody else is interested that 's er , that 's the date er , it 's , it 's not entirely to do with but it , it has a link in , erm we were mentioning campaigns last month , I believe there 's a fourth coming one on , indigenous peoples , which , er , it 's , it 's all sort of triggered off by erm the er five hundredth anniversary of Columbus discovering the Americas erm , the erm cast and the whole of all the sort of the Region and Action networks and the Americas are , erm gon na have a big link in with that campaign so , erm , I , I 'd really like to see us sort of getting involved with that , yes , and , I mean , I 'll be involved to an extent anyway , cos some of the actions that I 'll getting will be sort of addressing the issue of indigenous people 's but erm , erm , they if , if nobody else is wiling to take it on , I 'll , I 'll , I 'd certainly be prepared to erm , sort of co-ordinate that campaign , erm , having said all that , erm I mentioned to a few people that erm , erm in the process of buying a house , so erm I could be moving in well hopefully as little as two months time so erm , I mean if er is as quite as it has been for the last few months , I probably wo n't have any problems , but erm , sod 's law it 's bound to pick up just as I 'm moving house
15 I 'd really like to see that .
16 Yeah , well , I I I might , it might not be definite , but I think they want to go and see it before it goes on , and it 's only a fiver , and I 'd really like to see it .
17 Then she added , carefully casual : ‘ What I 'd really like to talk to Annabel about is us .
18 I think I 'd really like to fuck off and not come back . ’
19 I 've never had any family at all , so I 'd really like to have an aunt .
20 Five months on , seeing Lisa with a plastic eye and seeing how she is , she gets so upset , I 'd really like to have the law changed covering guns .
21 " I 'd really like to mail a follow-up letter to all the people who sent bought more than £50 worth within 3 weeks of sending out the last brochure . "
22 Ca an I just say one quick thing , th I I , I 'd really like to reply to this lady , she said that it 's it 's , we 're talking about I , me all the time , but and that we 're selfish .
23 I 'd really like to know what you wrote that fool letter for ? ’
24 I 'd really like to understand , you know — ’
25 I 'd really like to run the 400 , but I would n't be disappointed if someone was running better than me and they decided to take him , ’ said Black , whose domestic pre-eminence was sensationally ended by Grindley in Barcelona .
26 In the meantime , I 'd really like to hear from any of you ( especially with a fully-fledged article and/or some pictures ) who have specialised in a large coldwater community set-up , preferably mixing and matching some of the more unusual species such as Sunbass , Weather Loach , Miller 's Thumb , Rainbow Dace , or Jordanella — the list is long .
27 I ca n't think of anyone I 'd really like to speak to , except Marie of course , but I du n no if she 's got a phone in Scotland .
28 I would really like to do a comedy . ’
29 What I would really like to do next is some really good editorial work in Milan . ’
30 I would really like to celebrate the Communion service with the people in my parish when they ask for it .
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