Example sentences of "like [pers pn] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 'd like you to be thinking about the output of homework … teacher expectations of homework … the targets are not high enough … not enough quantity … not a high enough standard . ’ |
| 32 | I 'm expecting him shortly and I 'd like you to be present . |
| 33 | As well as the above , John Wylie would like you to be available to share with him two sections on Saturday , 11.20–12.45 : ‘ Ending sufferings ’ page 3 , and 7.00–9.00 : ‘ Welcoming diversity ’ page 6 . |
| 34 | Think how you would feel if you were asked : " I 'd like you to be slaves in the hold of a sailing ship . " |
| 35 | I would like you to be happy too . ’ |
| 36 | Erm I 'd like you to be considering those two points . |
| 37 | O K , and I 'd like you to be able to tell me not only something about him , her , but also obviously the three things that you do n't currently know . |
| 38 | ‘ The guy would obviously like you to be Senhora Haraldsen , ’ he said . |
| 39 | When we fix a date , we 'd like you to be bridesmaid . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ That makes me feel peachy-keen , but I 'd like you to be a little more specific about your innocence . ’ |
| 41 | Those of you in the twelfth grade who are not graduating er we 'd also like you to be so come dressed nicely as well erm |
| 42 | John Lee Hooker wo n't be with us forever , however much we 'd like him to be . |
| 43 | It brought me up against the fact that I 'd like him to be better off so I could have more options . |
| 44 | Gazza will be in the squad to face Norway , but Taylor goes on : ‘ I would like him to be involved , just as he was in Spain . ’ |
| 45 | I would like him to be taken to court ; where the Jury , |
| 46 | He was too concerned that people should like him to be really frightening . |
| 47 | I do not wish to take up much time other than to remind the Minister of the five-point agenda with which the NFU would like him to be armed in the poker games of Europe . |
| 48 | ‘ I 'd like him to bear his rightful name , I 'd like him to be able to say which family he comes from , I 'd like him to hold his head up high in any company — but I wo n't be bounced into a sham of a marriage , not even for five minutes . |
| 49 | I 'd like him to be my lover in the afterlife ’ — Historian Jan Morris discussing the subject of her latest work , Lord Fisher , Admiral of the Fleet . |
| 50 | You would n't like her to be furiously angry with you next time you pop in . ’ |
| 51 | I Once asked Ben , " Would you like her to be blind ? |
| 52 | I 'd like her to be able to see as much as possible , without rushing . ’ |
| 53 | Everything is where you 'd like it to be and the instruments , in particular , cram a wealth of information to one well-packaged and easily read display . |
| 54 | The trouble is that none of the three firms is nearly as Japanese as the owners would like it to be . |
| 55 | I would not like it to be said that I had had my mother put away . ’ |
| 56 | DIESEL fuel needs a new PR agent to clean up its image in the minds of the public if it is to take its place as the efficient , environmental fuel of the future that many would like it to be . |
| 57 | It is the first of this kind of thing that I have organised and I would like it to be a success . |
| 58 | To ease my conscience I would like it to be recognised that I have five co-founders : Jock Lewes , Paddy Mayne of the original ‘ L ’ Detachment , George Bergé who started the French S.A.S. , Brian Franks who re-raised the S.A.S. flag after the war and John Woodhouse who created the modern S.A.S. during the Malaysian Campaign by restoring to the regiment its original philosophy . |
| 59 | I think that diving can be as calorie consuming as you would like it to be . ’ |
| 60 | I would like it to be equal . |