Example sentences of "as he would have like " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was unable to observe , however — as he would have liked to do in his ever-observant way — just what the expression on Jilly Jonathan 's pretty face might have been . |
| 2 | Much as he would have liked to try to rescue Murray , he recognised that to be out of the question . |
| 3 | So , much as he would have liked to ride for Perthshire with his friends , in especial Mariot , he left them , to turn up Eskside , but promising to come to Doune before long . |
| 4 | His majorities were not always as big as he would have liked , notably in 1923 , his first election as Prime Minister , when he rashly asked for 10,000 and got 6000 ; but he was never in remote danger of losing the seat . |
| 5 | I know he did n't fit into his parish as well as he would have liked . |
| 6 | Bartocci might be convinced of his conspiracy theory , but Zen just could n't take it seriously , much as he would have liked to . |
| 7 | He could be demonic — like the time someone fresh came to the ‘ Carry On ’ team , who was n't quite as professional as he would have liked . ’ |
| 8 | The situation was n't as clear-cut as he 'd have liked . |