Example sentences of "i 'd [verb] to [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah I 'd love to be able |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd like to be able to say yes I do , but I left so long ago . |
| 3 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 4 | So of course I said how much I 'd like to be able to play my guitar like a saxophone , and he said , ‘ Yeah — and vice versa . ’ |
| 5 | They should encourage the client to commit him/herself to something specific , i.e. , ‘ I 'd like to stop having panic attacks ’ , or ‘ I 'd like to be able to catch the train up to London ’ , or , ‘ I 'd like to understand and cope more effectively with my anxiety symptoms ’ , or , ‘ I 'd like to be more relaxed giving presentations at work ’ . |
| 6 | I 'd like to be able to overcome that feeling that it was a problem to everybody else . |
| 7 | you ca n't hear me , right , ok , I 'll try and speak up a little bit louder , erm my work , I work erm here and I work abroad and I live in Durham , er I 'm a writer and erm one of the things that I 'm most interested in is using art as an inspiration for my work as a , as a writer and I 'd like to be able to show you by this talk , how I do that , erm , I have a few publications , my work 's performed by a local group actually based in Newcastle and I 'm a member of er a group called Another Story and my work 's been put to music by a composer and er a play and the play and sing that , that the pieces of |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd like to be able to convince him that it was n't that mob that took a shot at him . ’ |
| 9 | Just for once I 'd like to be able to do something properly , but I never will . |
| 10 | I 'd like to be able to spend some time in Japan , which I find very beautiful and relaxing . ’ |
| 11 | erm I 'd like to be able to present something in front of me which prompts me a bit better than I do at the moment I tend to get lost in what 's in front of me . |
| 12 | Ah well I 'd like to be able to pay for what I want too you know . |