Example sentences of "[modal v] like to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should like to be constructive and we shall consider with our allies how best we can respond . |
| 2 | I should like to be sure that the child Barbara is carrying is my grandchild , not your bastard . ’ |
| 3 | The question we should like to be able to answer is , therefore , what suddenly created such a new , unheard of , situation in the religious life of antiquity . |
| 4 | Laocoon suffers ; but he suffers like Sophocles ' Philoctetes ; his misery pierces us to the soul ; but we should like to be able to bear anguish in the manner of this great man . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And he does not like to be reminded of the gaffes he made as deputy chairman — branding the young unemployed as workshy , or musing on Radio Ulster whether Ian Paisley might like to be prime minister of a united Ireland . |
| 7 | If you can help PLEASE tick the jobs you feel you might like to be involved with : |
| 8 | If you can help PLEASE tick the jobs you feel you might like to be involved with : |
| 9 | You 'd like to be capable of violence … |
| 10 | Somebody fast asleep in bed there , that 's just what I 'd like to be right this minute . |
| 11 | I thought you 'd like to be certain . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 'd like to be rich , then ? ’ |
| 13 | I know what I think Miss Green 's up to but I 'd like to be sure . ’ |
| 14 | Miranda said , ‘ Firstly , I 'd like to be sure that a nursing home is the best place for her , rather than a hospital . |
| 15 | " You 'll excuse me , sir , I know , but I 'd like to be sure exactly who I 'm talking to . |
| 16 | I 'd like to be sure there 's no one there whom you recognise from the past . |
| 17 | I want to ask Miss Everdene if she 'd like to be married . ’ |
| 18 | But I 'd like to be involved in creating beautiful things . |
| 19 | I always thought I 'd like to be stuck there for a dirty weekend . ’ |
| 20 | She 'd like to be optimistic . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd like to be able to say yes I do , but I left so long ago . |
| 22 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 23 | However we choose to define multiple orgasm , there are a lot of us who 'd like to be able to do it . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | 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 ’ . |
| 26 | I 'd like to be able to overcome that feeling that it was a problem to everybody else . |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd like to be able to convince him that it was n't that mob that took a shot at him . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ The other is for Rachel , Flo 's wife in South Africa , because I knew he would n't get round to doing it himself and I thought she 'd like to be able to show their little daughter a picture of her father doing something responsible and public-spirited for a change . ’ |
| 30 | Just for once I 'd like to be able to do something properly , but I never will . |