Example sentences of "like [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 Completely new to the Company , I know that I have a lot to learn and I 'd particularly like to thank for her help during the changeover .
2 There are many people who I 'd like to thank for their support and help , and for those I am not able to contact personally , I must take this opportunity to say thanks .
3 ‘ I would like to agree with your verdict , ’ Athelstan replied , ‘ but something eludes me .
4 You 'd like to delight in its unveiling .
5 I should like to go on my own but I do see that the gig would be a little draughty at night in evening dress .
6 I suffer from asthma but would like to go on our school skiing holiday .
7 ‘ If Uncle Walter died , I 'd like to go to his house , ’ said Philip .
8 Another time I passed a colleague in the corridor , and he asked if I 'd like to go to his wedding .
9 Blackberry , " said Hazel , " what did you think of our visitor and how would you like to go to his warren ? "
10 ‘ I would like to go to my room now , Señor de Santis . ’
11 Now perhaps you would like to go to your GP in the normal way and get him to deal with your throat . ’
12 It is possible for research to find out , for example , where people would most like to go for their holidays , and how much they could afford to spend .
13 Lots of chaps would like to go in my p-place , but … my commanding officer says it 's not on .
14 You 'd like to go in my place ?
15 But he did n't like to go against his grandmother who , in her grim fashion , had been kind to his dad at the last .
16 In 1976 Dave was supposed to be caddying for Fernandez at the French Open , but Vicente had broken his finger , so he was without a bag — until Manuel Ballesteros asked him if he would like to carry for his brother Seve .
17 I was never convinced by all that ‘ Would you like to sit on my knee ? ’ nonsense .
18 She 'd just managed to catch a joyously soaked Ethel when a blond man with a flat cap pulled over his straight nose asked her if she 'd like to sit in his Land-Rover .
19 They should decide if there is any behaviour that they would like to see in its place .
20 But before I die , I would like to write to my son James .
21 Would you like to write to your M P ?
22 ‘ I wonder , when you 're allowed out of here if you 'd like to come to my humble abode to recuperate ?
23 ‘ I 'd like to come in your mouth , and watch you swallow it . ’
24 In particular I would like to know about your own background rather than having to guess at this while reading about a set of fictional characters .
25 I thought you might like to know about my four-year-old rescued Rottweiler , Penny .
26 And so she would n't like to know of your visits to a certain house in Bog 's End , would she ? ’
27 At 65 , she 'd like to reflect on her days gone by .
28 The reader may like to reflect on his/her own planning approach and assess its validity by comparing it with the following checklist of factors which facilitate effective planning .
29 In May I received a letter from two curators , Gabriele Horn and Beatrice Stammer , from the Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin asking if I would like to participate in their room in ‘ 34 Rooms ’ , a project ‘ realised in direct co-operation with 34 curators , critics and others involved in the production of exhibitions , all currently active in Berlin ’ .
30 ‘ Perhaps you and Cleo would like to participate in our little experiment , ’ Drago said to Dauntless .
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