Example sentences of "[subord] i would like [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When I first met these ideas , I was reluctant to accept them , because they seemed to suggest that our knowledge of the world is more unreliable than I would like to think . |
| 4 | Simon was to the point : ‘ It is impossible to credit any single hairdresser , so I would like to put forward three greats — Trevor Sorbie and Anthony Mascolo ’ . |
| 5 | He is also in Year 10 , due to the costs of schooling , so I would like to help his to continue his education . |
| 6 | In May I received a letter from two curators , Gabriele Horn and Beatrice Stammer , from the Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin asking if I would like to participate in their room in ‘ 34 Rooms ’ , a project ‘ realised in direct co-operation with 34 curators , critics and others involved in the production of exhibitions , all currently active in Berlin ’ . |
| 7 | She hesitated for a moment , then said , ‘ I met Sid Watkins in Berkeley today and he asked me if I would like to go to the Licensed Victuallers Dinner at the Princes Hotel with him tonight . |
| 8 | With that she lifted the latch , but before opening the door she turned to me and asked if I would like to go shopping with her . |
| 9 | I did n't understand what she meant by this but she smiled and asked if I would like to go to the ‘ flicks ’ the following Saturday . |
| 10 | ‘ When we stopped at traffic lights , Warren took hold of my hand and said that he was becoming more attached to me and asked me if I would like to go out for dinner the next day . ’ |
| 11 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 12 | After I had produced talks and features for a year or so , Jack Radford asked me one day if I would like to take charge of a music show . |
| 13 | Presently he drew me aside to suggest that if I would like to give him a certain sum his wife and daughter would go immediately and prepare a gypsy supper . |
| 14 | When I was in a fit state she asked if I would like to talk to her . |
| 15 | Over there they have lots of servants , and her mother asks me if I would like to work there for a year , looking after Charlotte , so that Nicola could come and stay with them . |
| 16 | It was while I was in this slough of despond that my publisher rang to ask if I would like to read a manuscript that needed transforming into a readable book before it could be published . |
| 17 | As we settle around a large table , John Schlesinger , the director , asks if I would like to read the minor parts . |
| 18 | I in in the context of what Mr has just said , and I 'm really talking about the way he 's said it , but the way actually looked at the criteria , can I try to cos I would like to close on this particular question by one o'clock . |
| 19 | Because I would like to move on , but I have got , I have got some outstanding questions to ask , er mainly directed at the Districts , and the County , of course . |
| 20 | But she said I do n't mind because I would like to take my boat but I ca n't . |
| 21 | I say ‘ unfortunately ’ because I would like to see a more detached monetary authority myself . |
| 22 | Well I wo n't give an opinion whether I agree with the scheme or not , because I would like to see some of the drawings first before I gave a , you know , of an opinion of it , like you know everybody else around this table . |
| 23 | er er another er er anoth another Committee because I would like to accept the if we could do something then modern conditions . |
| 24 | Would you mind having the boys for about half an hour because I would like to get Bryony 's hair cut . |
| 25 | ‘ I would like him to contact the police incase he can help but also because I would like to shake him by the hand . |
| 26 | Q Please could you give me some information on Red Shiners , as I would like to set up a coldwater tank in which to keep some . |
| 27 | Erm again , it 's not quite as sharp as I would like to see it , it 's a little bit er unsharp . |
| 28 | We feel that we have largely succeeded in these aims , but more of that later , as I would like to take you back to the early nineteenth century when the object of our association was first mooted . |
| 29 | If you find a suitable policy that does not specify that all the named drivers should be female , please contact me as I would like to add on , a 26–year old man ( with no convictions etc ) . |
| 30 | Dear Friend , I embrace you as I would like to have done on the day you left . |