Example sentences of "i should like to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I should like to be your wife . ’ |
| 2 | I should like to be sure that the child Barbara is carrying is my grandchild , not your bastard . ’ |
| 3 | I should like to be something more than a drill-master for competent philologists — the generation of present-day teachers , the care of the growing younger generation , this is what I have in mind . " |
| 4 | ‘ No , ’ she admitted and then added shyly , ‘ I — I should like to be painted . ’ |
| 5 | There is a meeting of the Parish Council on 16th July and I should like to be able to bring your reply to that meeting . |
| 6 | ‘ If I have misused another of your American idioms , ’ he said stiffly , ‘ I should like to be so informed . ’ |