Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would expect to be consulted as I was . |
| 2 | She felt a frisson of gratitude at his thoughtfulness ; then , reminded absurdly of Ethel ( who had not so much wanted to be a bridesmaid , as to be asked ) : It is not that I look forward to it , she thought , if Frank was anything to go by , but at least I would expect to be , tonight , a little irresistible … |
| 3 | My reply was that I doubted if any such plan had a remote chance of success , and that I would want to be assured of the truthfulness and authenticity of the document he was planning to send me . |
| 4 | Once Crispin arrived , I would want to be out and about with him , so I worked till lunch-time , and was rewarded by reaching the half-way mark , and with a new idea to carry me through the next section of the story . |
| 5 | My child , the parent says in effect , is , or should be , achieving — or aggressive or sophisticated or " nice " — just the things I would want to be . |
| 6 | I know people have written saying that I look like a nun , or could have been a nun , but that 's the last thing I would want to be . |
| 7 | ‘ I would like to , I think — but I 'm afraid I might be like that — I think I would want to be like that . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you think I would choose to be so ? ’ |
| 9 | You you 'd all it means is you 'd have longer lines of communication to an even worse bureaucracy , and I think if a bureaucracy which can produce this situation of opting out as an alternative is any example to have , I would choose to be away from it . |
| 10 | That is when I would hope to be able to draw upon this philosophy and see the bad times through . |
| 11 | If I can get through this season and maybe onto the ‘ B ’ tour to New Zealand , then I would hope to be in a position to start having a big influence on matches , rather than just reacting to events as they happen ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ On that subject , ’ Orcadai spoke finally , ‘ I would hope to be consulted first . ’ |
| 13 | I would hope to be able to spell out my vision , and outline some proposed developments , at a future Library open meeting sometime soon . |
| 14 | I I would hope to be able to party conference probably only which would mean turning up either Friday night or Saturday morning . |
| 15 | ‘ I would prefer to be coaching British crews . |
| 16 | ‘ I would prefer to be of help to you and Nader , ’ she explained , ‘ rather than wait around for news of Philippe that may never come . ’ |
| 17 | They occupy a major part of my time — time I would prefer to be spending on actually trying to improve the services we offer . |
| 18 | ‘ I — I would prefer to be excused . ’ |
| 19 | We used to invite in the other children from the yard and I would pretend to be our music teacher and conduct a lesson . |
| 20 | When we had finished filming I said to Kim Bailey , the trainer : ‘ If you ever need somebody to ride this little horse , I would love to be considered . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The injury has come at a time when I would love to be looking forward to making my home debut against Forest . |
| 22 | How I would love to be proved wrong by any one of them but parents and boys deserve my honest opinion , however much they may hate me for it . |
| 23 | ‘ I would love to be in partnership with someone who would do all the work , and leave me 50 per cent . |
| 24 | Although I would love to be able to take regular trips to the countryside , I am often unable to indulge myself in this luxury and so instead I choose to walk and cycle through Richmond Park in London . |
| 25 | ‘ I would love to be able to do something creative like that . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I would love to be included , ’ she said . |
| 27 | Mr Aiken , who promoted Bruce Springsteen in Dublin this week , said : ‘ I would love to be co-ordinator . |
| 28 | The easiest uses to come to grips with are exclamations such as ( 1 ) above , because they give a very clear impression of somehow looking at the infinitive event from a position before : they express a desire or longing to realize the infinitive event , so that ( 1 ) might be paraphrased " I would love to be in England … |
| 29 | I would love to be like Shadow . |
| 30 | And I seem to have been fairly successful in that I 've never neither I , nor Father Christmas , has ever been asked for what I would consider to be a greedy , outrageous present ! |