Example sentences of "i [modal v] like you " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ From tomorrow , Sarah , I should like you to wear your hair in the style in which it was dressed when you attended the service at the Foundling Hospital , ’ he said , forcing the smile which gave him a jovial reputation . |
2 | " Oh , that 's all right , " said Clara , " do please come here , I should like you to come here . " |
3 | I should like you to meet Augusta , but think that your two worlds are so different — And that is why I think there was surely never anything serious between us two … . |
4 | ‘ I should like you to come next week . |
5 | I should like you to leave now . ’ |
6 | " Excuse me , I should like you to let me in . " |
7 | ‘ I should like you to disturb me a little longer . ’ |
8 | I think I should like you to call on Mrs Chamberlin for me . |
9 | I should like you to drive out to see Maslin immediately . |
10 | I should like you to remember Pat Gahagan in your prayers as he recovers from his recent operation . |
11 | ‘ Then I think I 'll like you , ’ Patrick said . |
12 | I 've got some amazing new music I 'd like you to hear . |
13 | You 've had ample time to get your feet under the table by now and one or two things have come up which I 'd like you to pursue . |
14 | ‘ What I 'd like you to know is that when it was all over and Peter was back from America , the grave-diggers were down here on their bended knees begging him for forgiveness because they knew it was a nasty business and said had they known at the time they 'd have had nothing to do with it . ’ |
15 | She nodded sharply to him and said , naming his rank precisely , ‘ I 'd like you to meet my father 's solicitor , Mr Updike . |
16 | Tim , I 'd like you to report on administrative matters first , to get that out of the way . ’ |
17 | You 'll find there 's bags of talent to be discovered in the unit , and for a start I 'd like you to lay on a cracking good entertainment we 'll all enjoy . |
18 | I 'd like you to sign our petition . ’ |
19 | ‘ I 'm sure what I say is quite unnecessary — but they might , you know , sympathetic looks and so on — I 'd like you to keep them at a distance . ’ |
20 | There 's only one woman in my life , and that is Sister Bernadette of the Nansen Trust , and when we 're through I 'd like you to ask the office to get her on the phone for me . |
21 | In the light of this comment I 'd like you to hear Dr Goode 's observations on the Natural Death Act in the context of Dr Carrington 's case . |
22 | ‘ I 'd like you better than Gary . ’ |
23 | But in return , there 's a little job I 'd like you to do for me . ’ |
24 | I 'd like you to look into it , though . ’ |
25 | I 'd like you to put up there for a few days , and try to scrape acquaintance with her . |
26 | While I 'm seeing him , by the way , I 'd like you to make some enquiries in the village . |
27 | Sergeant so-and-so has just passed the Inspector 's exams and I 'd like you to take him with you . |
28 | I should now like to take a look at your suitability for this particular job , ’ or ‘ If we could move on from your qualifications I 'd like you to tell me a little more about your personal interests and hobbies ’ . |
29 | ‘ So I 'd like you to drive me in the pony and trap , just till I know where people live . ’ |
30 | I 'd like you to know how it is . ’ |