Example sentences of "would [verb] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd want to be sure the items had been reported stolen and the person who owns this suitcase for example , would need to know what was written on the other side . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's not the kind of thing you 'd want to be true , ’ she said . |
| 3 | but you 'd want to be able to know that you can I do n't know , I mean , I , I think , with , with the place I am now I just do n't know what to make of it really |
| 4 | ‘ You 'd prefer to be villainous ? ’ |
| 5 | Naturally , you 'd prefer to be alive . |
| 6 | I 'd prefer to be alone while I 'm finding my way about . |
| 7 | She 'd need to be careful . |
| 8 | You 'd like to be capable of violence … |
| 9 | Somebody fast asleep in bed there , that 's just what I 'd like to be right this minute . |
| 10 | I thought you 'd like to be certain . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You 'd like to be rich , then ? ’ |
| 12 | I know what I think Miss Green 's up to but I 'd like to be sure . ’ |
| 13 | Miranda said , ‘ Firstly , I 'd like to be sure that a nursing home is the best place for her , rather than a hospital . |
| 14 | " You 'll excuse me , sir , I know , but I 'd like to be sure exactly who I 'm talking to . |
| 15 | I 'd like to be sure there 's no one there whom you recognise from the past . |
| 16 | I want to ask Miss Everdene if she 'd like to be married . ’ |
| 17 | But I 'd like to be involved in creating beautiful things . |
| 18 | I always thought I 'd like to be stuck there for a dirty weekend . ’ |
| 19 | She 'd like to be optimistic . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd like to be able to say yes I do , but I left so long ago . |
| 21 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 22 | However we choose to define multiple orgasm , there are a lot of us who 'd like to be able to do it . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | 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 ’ . |
| 25 | I 'd like to be able to overcome that feeling that it was a problem to everybody else . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd like to be able to convince him that it was n't that mob that took a shot at him . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 29 | Just for once I 'd like to be able to do something properly , but I never will . |
| 30 | I 'd like to be able to spend some time in Japan , which I find very beautiful and relaxing . ’ |