Example sentences of "i [modal v] like to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should like to be sure that the child Barbara is carrying is my grandchild , not your bastard . ’ |
| 2 | There is a meeting of the Parish Council on 16th July and I should like to be able to bring your reply to that meeting . |
| 3 | I know what I think Miss Green 's up to but I 'd like to be sure . ’ |
| 4 | Miranda said , ‘ Firstly , I 'd like to be sure that a nursing home is the best place for her , rather than a hospital . |
| 5 | " You 'll excuse me , sir , I know , but I 'd like to be sure exactly who I 'm talking to . |
| 6 | I 'd like to be sure there 's no one there whom you recognise from the past . |
| 7 | But I 'd like to be involved in creating beautiful things . |
| 8 | Somebody fast asleep in bed there , that 's just what I 'd like to be right this minute . |
| 9 | I always thought I 'd like to be stuck there for a dirty weekend . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd like to be busy and I could n't just stop my life after tennis . |
| 11 | I always had this thing in the back of my mind that I 'd like to be Head Gardener at Killerton one day , because of the type of garden it is , because of its size and because of the plant content . |
| 12 | Yes , but er I think that erm , before we champion er , or back er people like Mr Yeltsin and say that they rep represent progressive forces , I 'd like to be clear about where those forces see themselves going , because I do n't see nationalism as a progressive force in the er , in the last decade of the twentieth century , I think we need to be concentrating on those people who are trying to build a new international order rather than splitting things up in the Soviet Union in a way which may be catastrophic . |
| 13 | Yes , I 'd like to be clear about the amount of control that the Education Authority has and the amount of control that the parents have . |
| 14 | An anorexic may tell her friends or parents , ‘ I 'd like to be slim ’ , and , if pressed for a reason , may reply along the lines of , ‘ So that I can wear nice clothes , date good-looking boys , and generally have a good time . ’ |
| 15 | I 'd like to be alone now . |
| 16 | I 'd be comfortable , of course , but I 'd like to be happy , too . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd like to be able to say yes I do , but I left so long ago . |
| 18 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | I 'd like to be able to overcome that feeling that it was a problem to everybody else . |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd like to be able to convince him that it was n't that mob that took a shot at him . ’ |
| 24 | Just for once I 'd like to be able to do something properly , but I never will . |
| 25 | I 'd like to be able to spend some time in Japan , which I find very beautiful and relaxing . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Ah well I 'd like to be able to pay for what I want too you know . |
| 28 | The land between the Serai Gorge and the southern coast is completely unknown , and I would like to be sure that we are n't going to have any surprises at our backs when we start this war . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ … and also , because your daughter Charlotte and I would like to be married . |
| 30 | I would like to be able to attend a gathering with all the sporting greats who have provided hours and hours of exciting achievements . |