Example sentences of "like to be [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they are for the most part Gaelic-speaking folk , it is difficult to learn from themselves much of their true circumstances ; but there are friends in Portree who would gladly assist any soul who would like to be helpful to the dwellers on Stormy Hill . |
| 2 | Come along , Mr Curtis , I think Mrs Sutherland 'd like to be alone for a bit . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But I 've left that sort of civil liberty out of this motion today , because we ca n't deal with all the , because we ca n't deal with everything all at once , but perhaps it can be tou touched at council , because we had Colonel , who also does n't like to be confused with the facts , trying to tell us that next year the , or the year after next , budgets will be cash limited , but I 've got news , they already are cash limited . |
| 5 | I like to be alone under the careless profusion of the stars , and alone on a moon-glossed sea . |
| 6 | She liked to be alone in a warm , lit box with the world streaming darkly by . |
| 7 | She liked the way the perspiration slowly emerged through her skin looking like deposited dew and she liked to be aware of the naked bodies lying in so many different postures around her . |
| 8 | Shannon had , rather uncharitably , put it down to the lure of the man 's fame — people simply liked to be close to the famous . |