Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] like [prep] be [conj] " in BNC.

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1 So then I decided I would like to be that I knew there was a job going on the electricians , so I thought well I 'll I 'll go in for the electrical side .
2 person you might like to be but actually unfortunately are n't .
3 They 've done before you realise it , and once they 're done they make you do other things until at last everything comes between you and what you 'd like to be and you 've lost your true self forever . ’
4 But without your support and your demonstrations and support from whites in other countries with the rugby demonstrations , the cricket , with all aspects that you 've done , you 've also contributed to making it easier for us to be the kind of people we would like to be and I hope in that way we therefore do share as a family and then try and create one world .
5 Parents are encouraged by seeing a perceived expert being as firm as they would like to be and not being put off by the resulting tantrum .
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