Example sentences of "like [pers pn] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People are very seldom exactly what you would like them to be . ’ |
| 2 | People are very seldom exactly what you 'd like them to be |
| 3 | Keep it light and sometimes when things are not as clear as you would like them to be just trust and give the remedy you judge to be nearest . |
| 4 | My thighs and bum — I 'd definitely like them to be a lot smaller . |
| 5 | I would also like them to be sure which player was responsible for Hirst being sent off — his name 's Haber . |
| 6 | I had only pretended I did n't know , preferring to see things as I would like them to be , rather than as they were , imprisoning myself in a ramshackle edifice of lies because I could n't bear to knock it down and start again , shivering and alone in a great expanse of sand . |
| 7 | ‘ I want to make shoes and sell them in large quantities and yet I would like them to be different , individual , and to achieve that , I require a designer . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm not saying it like that , what I 'm saying is I would pref , yes , I would like them to be involved in it a as far as my subject reports are concerned I would like our reports that we do , we do involve the kids , I pass them out , we discuss them and I 'll re-draft but I would not , rather not have their written sample on that piece . |
| 9 | We have to realise that clients may not be quite as energetic as staff would like them to be . |
| 10 | They justify what they do by seeing their potential customers as they would like them to be , rather than as they are . |
| 11 | I 'd like them to be able to walk to school , and that 's what they could do if this school was open . |
| 12 | If you have such a group and would like them to be enrolled for membership please contact , who will require a full list of names . |
| 13 | Would you like them to be more capable of looking after children . |
| 14 | How would you like me to be supportive ? |
| 15 | ‘ But if you 'd like me to be rude , I can assure you you 're the last person I wanted to bump into . ’ |
| 16 | Mother does n't like me to be late for the evening meal . |
| 17 | Father did n't like me to be there when Diggs came and , anyway , I still had a couple of Poles to check before the sun went down . |
| 18 | Er well yeah I do n't know I do n't really know whether he 'd er like me to be handing it out . |
| 19 | ‘ Is that where you would like me to be , Shiona ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ How would you like me to be ? ’ he queried coolly . |
| 21 | Would you like me to be within reach in case Dawn turns nasty ? ’ |
| 22 | He said formally , ‘ I would like you to be present at the boatyard tomorrow morning . ’ |
| 23 | We 're an open community in this house now and we 'd like you to be a member , would n't we , Alison . |
| 24 | ‘ I have been asked to supply the models and I would like you to be one of them . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Would they like you to be a nun too ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I would n't like you to be in the wrong situation … ’ |
| 27 | As I say , I would like you to be in fairly close proximity to where I am so that you can see what I 'm doing and hear what I 'm saying . |
| 28 | And I 'd like you to be there , too — because of your experience , you know . " |
| 29 | I 'd like you to be quite sure that I 'm who I say I am . |
| 30 | Besides , I 'd like you to be there — especially as you 'll have done all the work . ’ |