Example sentences of "but i 'd like " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sixty next year but I 'd like to carry on for as long as possible . ’ |
| 2 | I think black music and dance have given a lot of kids a break , but I 'd like to see the kind of dance I 'm into opened up just as much . ’ |
| 3 | But I 'd like to finish it off . ’ |
| 4 | That contentious lesbian lesson may have been a well-meant attempt to broaden minds , but I 'd like to bet that the main result was a room full of scarlet faces . |
| 5 | ‘ Not that I 'm fair done yet , mind , but I 'd like to see the matter of the chieftainship of the clan settled soon . |
| 6 | I realise I 'm not saying anything new , but I 'd like to reinforce some of the links between the topics raised in that issue . |
| 7 | Hopes and opportunities , that 's all they represent , these ideals , but I 'd like to keep on trying to achieve them . |
| 8 | You may have heard about the Family Bond before , but I 'd like to remind you how attractive this investment plan really is . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll give you your letter back , miss — unread , ’ the police-sergeant told Rosalind , with a grin , ‘ but I 'd like to keep the envelope , please , because it 's got a nice glossy surface and the man your sister saw stealing bulbs has left two lovely big fingerprints on it , which may or may not enable us to find out who he is , but will certainly prove whether the gardener who was sacked as the thief is innocent . |
| 10 | I mean , that may have been the right impression , and I do n't want to force you to say more than you want to , or really anything , but I 'd like to know if you still want to write to me , possibly just about books , or if you wanted to — |
| 11 | But I 'd like to see it for myself . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm very sorry to bother you , ’ Jackson said smoothly , ‘ But I 'd like a few minutes of your time . |
| 13 | I 've passed 700 , but I 'd like to add six more . |
| 14 | But I 'd like to see my own kind better off than they are . ’ |
| 15 | But I 'd like to think there is a place for us and our ideals . ’ |
| 16 | Perhaps it was n't very subtle , but I 'd like to think it was funny . |
| 17 | But I 'd like to die in pain . ’ |
| 18 | But I 'd like to see that list . ’ |
| 19 | But … but I 'd like a drink , please . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not making any conditions , I 've already changed my will , but I 'd like you to do one thing for me . |
| 21 | But I 'd like to think that gallantry is n't dead . |
| 22 | I know what I think Miss Green 's up to but I 'd like to be sure . ’ |
| 23 | But I 'd like it to have the company address so that people can follow u can follow up our references without us having to give them the address . |
| 24 | But I 'd like to be involved in creating beautiful things . |
| 25 | but I 'd like to hear other views on this as well . |
| 26 | I do n't know ; but I 'd like the chance to find out . |
| 27 | But I 'd like to say now , it 's a shame . |
| 28 | I 'll retire , of course , but I 'd like more time to lay my plans . |
| 29 | But I 'd like to know how you would plan your life if you were a Struldbrug . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ But I 'd like to meet your family , ’ Mary said . |