Example sentences of "i would like [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd like to be able to say yes I do , but I left so long ago . |
| 2 | I 'd like to be on the lovely buses . |
| 3 | ‘ Look , ’ he said at last , ‘ the point is , I 'd like to be your friend . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , like all the other times I 've spoken to you , I 'd like to be put through to Mr Roirbak . ’ |
| 5 | Also I 'd like to be taller and be able to afford to spend more money on clothes that would ‘ express my personality ’ . |
| 6 | I 'd like to be transported to a bathroom in the Ritz and then to a dry Martini in the bar . ’ |
| 7 | Instead of putting them down for the afternoon , I 'd like to be able to do something with them . |
| 8 | Curtis told the police when arrested : ‘ I 'd like to be recognized for making the planet a better place to live in . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd like to be your brother . ’ |
| 10 | In my next incarnation , I 'd like to be the Minister Of ‘ Fun ’ , but with better taste in footy teams ( and women ! ) . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ In the long-run I 'd like to be looked on as a composer rather than a stick player . |
| 13 | Yours ( not as experienced as I 'd like to be ) , |
| 14 | When I look at a picture of a naked man , I can think like Richard Dyer : ‘ I 'd like to feel that man and I 'd like to be that man . ’ |
| 15 | The real mother is only 24 , wears cheap , shabby clothes , has stiff hair like straw , thin legs , says in a quiet moment ‘ I 'd like to be a person like you ’ and smokes her cigarettes too low . |
| 16 | I 'd like to be the one to pass it on . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd like to be a businesswoman . ’ |
| 19 | I 'd like to be a star for five minutes , but I do n't want to live inside a limousine , I do n't want to have body guards . |
| 20 | ‘ But if it takes that long to sort things out I 'd like to be playing for Sunderland . |
| 21 | I 'd like to be a rhythm guitar player in a band ! |
| 22 | I 'd like to be seen in something long and flowing for once ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd like to be busy and I could n't just stop my life after tennis . |
| 24 | The infamous John Carlos who made the black power gesture on the Olympic rostrum in 1968 became a source of inspiration : ‘ I said ‘ yeah , I 'd like to be there . ’ ’ |
| 25 | erm I 'd like to be a little bit positive about certain things this evening too because I too believe that you 've got a very good programme . |
| 26 | The therapist should challenge any vague and woolly replies , such as ‘ I just want to get better ’ or , ‘ I 'd like to be a better person ’ . |
| 27 | 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 ’ . |
| 28 | 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 ’ . |
| 29 | I 'd like to be back in that time again … |
| 30 | I 'd like to be able to overcome that feeling that it was a problem to everybody else . |