Example sentences of "what i [modal v] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That is what I would like to do when the time is right . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ What I would like to see , ’ she says , ‘ is more regular checks done on those who work in care or offer homes to young people , because once they get through the vetting , if anything goes wrong , then it 's always you who 's to blame . |
| 3 | What I would like is for us to be able to poke about a bit ; see if there are any angles in the Livesey case that might lead back to this girl . |
| 4 | But the very fact that you are reading this book makes it probable that you wish to do the best for your health and that of your family ; so what I would like to look at here is what is the best and healthiest nutritional intake for your body . |
| 5 | ‘ What I would like to know is why you saw fit to tell barefaced lies to your grandmother while your Dad and I were on holiday . ’ |
| 6 | Then say to the audience ‘ What I would like you to do as soon as I leave the room is to turn over the card on the top of this pile and look at it . ’ |
| 7 | What I would like to know is : what damage is the soot doing to my fish and do I have just cause to go to the council to get something done about it ? |
| 8 | What I would like to know is whether a private company , whose accounting period ends on 30 April , is exempt from prosecution for failing to file accounts by 30 February ? |
| 9 | I wonder if she has remembered what I would like for Christmas . |
| 10 | However , what I would like to know is , where is Phoebe , the sun , these days ? |
| 11 | What I would like to suggest here is that the Buid view aggressive conduct as a sort of moral infirmity requiring explanation in much the same manner as does a physical infirmity . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's what I would like to know . |
| 13 | I 've sometimes made some rather awful mistakes when I have thought first about what I would like to give rather than what my friends would like to receive , so do try to find out before you embark on a special garment . |
| 14 | What I would like to see in the playhouse is an open system of government very much like our council professes to follow . |
| 15 | I also have an idealized picture of myself — what I would like to be in an ideal world . |
| 16 | scrap through the remains of erm and got the wire wool and got them down and washed them , what I would like today if you would be so kind as to assist when you 've finished your pottery is to re-label these , now some of you er , have already finished pottery and start straight away , those who only have the finishing touches to do , start half way through the lesson or whatever , but I do intend to give a demonstration now , so , could you gather all round |
| 17 | Erm and er what I would like to see , and I 've long wanted to see this coming out of the church , is a rite of passage that I with integrity can offer to any parents who come to me with a , a , a lovely little baby in their arms saying to me parish minister can you give us something that would satisfy us , and they 're not saying it like this , but they want a rite of passage . |
| 18 | Okay , well now , what I would like you to do please er because we 've only got a limited amount of time , er incidentally some of you still have n't divide collecting er a small group going with Peter I |
| 19 | Now , what I would like |
| 20 | In that envelope is a letter explaining what I would like . |
| 21 | I think Mr what I would like to see , I do n't want to go too far into the history , but I would just like to be sure that er bearing in mind this complex history given on behalf of those you are representing , that the views you are putting forward are the er current views of the Parish Council as expressed in their formal minutes . |
| 22 | If if I I think what I what I would like to say What what I think is that E Ten Erm it 's very difficult to make this point , since it 's an approved policy in an an approved structure plan , but I think E Ten 's got it wrong . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , there are and what I would like to propose to you is this , that you allow me to do these tests on you . |
| 24 | ‘ What I would like to do , ’ he told her , ‘ is lick you until you scream . ’ |
| 25 | What I would like to do is to take you through some of the issues we tried to work through . |
| 26 | What I would like to think , and I would like to keep that formalized , because if we do n't it 's just gon na drift and and |
| 27 | What I would like to think is is that we put together an annual report for our own purposes , and that goes out to a very limited distribution , as Trevor was suggesting . |
| 28 | What I would like to try and get personnel 's agreement to , if a if at all possible , is that we do n't do this nonsense of having to close list our staff to jobs that we know we 're gon na put them into . |
| 29 | What I would like to do with the financi financial commentary , is because it is , is an historic document , I would like to pull out a few plums which we can team brief . |
| 30 | Wh what I would like |