Example sentences of "he [vb mod] like to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he 's coming he might like to be |
| 2 | He has this image in his head of the kind of person he 'd like to be , it 's a cartoon character … something about 2000 AD . |
| 3 | ‘ He 'd like to be interviewed about his life , and talk about the kind of funeral he wants to have . |
| 4 | ‘ HE 'D LIKE TO BE A DOCTOR ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I think he 'd like to be Pope , ’ she told them with a sort of weary insight . |
| 6 | However , the State President is not as confident as he would like to be . |
| 7 | He thought he would like to be more like her ; when she spoke people listened . |
| 8 | There will also be talk of a return by Boycott , who has always been open in admitting that he would like to be either cricket chairman or team manager . |
| 9 | I 'm not sure that he would like to be described as a contacting Peter Hobson at Windyridge , Donington on Bain , Lincolnshire ( telephone : 0507 84737 ; fax : 0507 84393 ) as he dismantles fairly new vehicles . |
| 10 | Strange that in a way he would like to be her friend even more than her lover . |
| 11 | He would like to be there when they shot the bastard . |
| 12 | No doubt he would like to be a Muslim with four wives all dedicated to his comfort . |
| 13 | Lindsey used Bravo Golf from the time of its purchase in 1967 until 1973 as the family transport , that was until he had a visit from the Airshow Coordinator at RAF Finningley in 1973 who asked him if he would like to be shot down by a Spitfire and Hurricane at the Battle of Britain airshow that year ! |
| 14 | Of course he would like to be prime minister ‘ one day ’ . |
| 15 | Asked once how he would like to be remembered , he said , ‘ for producing Dylan Thomas 's Under Milk Wood and getting Basil D'Oliveira a cricketing job in England . ’ |
| 16 | He felt that although his chest infection was better he was not really as active as he would like to be . |
| 17 | He would like to be a director . |
| 18 | Paddy began the week saying he would like to be Prime Minister . |
| 19 | He described the changes underway in the country as exciting and says he would like to be in the country at such a momentous time . |
| 20 | Before I had completed a question about whether he would like to be Chancellor , MacGregor broke in to say with a smile , as he had to : ‘ But I am enjoying being at transport . |
| 21 | When his sister , Phoebe , asks him if he has any career ambitions , Holden tells her that he would like to be the ‘ Catcher in the Rye ’ ( a misquote from a poem by Robert Burns ) . |