Example sentences of "would like to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd like to be able to say yes I do , but I left so long ago . |
| 2 | I ca n't bring them here although I 'd like to , and I ca n't be with them safely . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd like to very much . ’ |
| 4 | I 'd like to be on the lovely buses . |
| 5 | You 'd like to be capable of violence … |
| 6 | ‘ Thank you , I 'd like to . ’ |
| 7 | The Chicheley-Smythes have bought an absolutely super villa in Sardinia and say we could rent it if we 'd like to . |
| 8 | ‘ Look , ’ he said at last , ‘ the point is , I 'd like to be your friend . |
| 9 | ‘ He wants to know if we 'd like to ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well , like all the other times I 've spoken to you , I 'd like to be put through to Mr Roirbak . ’ |
| 11 | He has this image in his head of the kind of person he 'd like to be , it 's a cartoon character … something about 2000 AD . |
| 12 | Also I 'd like to be taller and be able to afford to spend more money on clothes that would ‘ express my personality ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I 'd like to be transported to a bathroom in the Ritz and then to a dry Martini in the bar . ’ |
| 15 | I 'd like to emphasis the risks taken by a higher-powered woman when dating an office junior . |
| 16 | If you 'd like to be considered for selection , answer the following five questions clearly and concisely ( please type double-spaced on A4 paper ) and fill in the entry form below . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd like to . |
| 18 | They were the years in which we began to grow up ; in which we started to discover who it was we thought we 'd like to be ; in which our earliest ( and therefore longest-lasting ) preferences in love , music , pleasure were formed . |
| 19 | Perhaps you 'd like to — ‘ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd like to very much . |
| 21 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 22 | Curtis told the police when arrested : ‘ I 'd like to be recognized for making the planet a better place to live in . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , please — ca n't he stay if he 'd like to ? |
| 24 | She 'd like to be on hand the moment they came out of the dark room . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd like to very much , ma'am , ’ she said . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd like to be your brother . ’ |
| 27 | In my next incarnation , I 'd like to be the Minister Of ‘ Fun ’ , but with better taste in footy teams ( and women ! ) . |
| 28 | However we choose to define multiple orgasm , there are a lot of us who 'd like to be able to do it . |
| 29 | ‘ I think he 'd like to sometimes , but he does n't really know how . ’ |
| 30 | Yes , I 'd like to , it looks so wonderful at night . |