Example sentences of "would like give [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Sir , — The new Mayor of Woodbridge , Mr Tony Hubbard , is encouraging local residents to promote Woodbridge as a commercial and retail centre in the face of the threat posed by new superstores and I would like to give him my support .
3 I would like to give them more of my time .
4 I 'm having two bridesmaids , aged five and six at my wedding and would like to give them a present after the event .
5 The railway is now business and client orientated , the work content that we go into , is decided by their requirements and not what we would like to give them .
6 ‘ Gentlemen , and lady , ’ he said with a gracious nod in the direction of the only woman present , a journalist with one of the golf magazines , ‘ I do n't wish to spoil your enjoyment , but I would like to give you a brief tour , and I promise it will be brief … . ’
7 I would like to give you just one illustration to show what I mean by the disintegrating influence of a dynamic force .
8 So far as the housewife is concerned , time limits imposed by factors outside her control mean that the pace of her work is too fast for each task to get the attention she would like to give it .
9 Nigel Mansell says that things are changing and he 's better than ever and he would like to give it another shot …
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