Example sentences of "we [modal v] like [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She asks if we 'd like whisky or rum in our coffees , and the tension eases . |
| 2 | If a club comes along and offers us the right money for Simon , then so be it , but at the end of the day erm we 'd like Simon on our books . |
| 3 | His mother came in from the kitchen to ask if we 'd like cheese or fresh cheese with cream . |
| 4 | We 'd like groups one and two to swap for comment please , and gr and groups three and four to swap for comment . |
| 5 | ‘ But I think we 'd like tea in the library . |
| 6 | There might be occasions when we feel that we 'd like MPs to take a particular line , in fact there are occasions when I 'd like to see MPs take a particular line , but we can only ask them , we can not in fact insist that they do take a particular line . |
| 7 | Er , I mean , one of the immediate things , that er , we would like scientists to research , for example , is the common cold . |
| 8 | But , if the truth be told , although we would like companies to get it right first time , our experiences have led us to expect rather less . |
| 9 | Erm , er , I mean , we would like peace would n't we ? |
| 10 | ‘ We have interviewed a number of people in connection with this incident , but we would like help from any other witnesses , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Even naturalistic styles of aquascape do not replicate nature , but are an idealised vision of how we would like nature to be . |
| 12 | So many attempts by Christians to communicate the gospel begin where we would like people to be rather than where they are actually at . |
| 13 | And we would like people to let us know what they think . |
| 14 | ‘ We would like oil , please , ’ said one of them in French . |
| 15 | We would like suggestions from divers on wrecks they would like to see included . |
| 16 | They say : It is a very interesting talk , we think we would like careers in industry now . |
| 17 | We would like information about how to involve users who are profoundly disabled , non-verbal or who have a sensory impairment in addition to a learning difficulty . |