Example sentences of "love to be " in BNC.

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1 I 'd love to be a record success again , but the last LP I made was so bloody personal it was ludicrous : you ca n't write songs about those you love , your children , and expect other people to buy them …
2 When we had finished filming I said to Kim Bailey , the trainer : ‘ If you ever need somebody to ride this little horse , I would love to be considered . ’
3 He said : ‘ I 'd love to be running marathons when I 'm 84 .
4 Tom put his arm on my shoulder and said , with tears in his eyes , ‘ There 's one man I 'd dearly love to be in that stand — my daddy . ’
5 Our cask-conditioned party could all agree on one thing , we 'd love to be on board the Champagne Express when it sets fullsteam-ahead for Reims this August .
6 Luna , known as Loony , is not quite the chic , sophisticated person she would love to be .
7 Which is where Wales would love to be now — though , not withstanding the obvious improvement , there is a long way to go before the benefit of a more productive line-out provided by Anthony Copsey and Gareth Llewellyn and more solid scrummage based on Mike Griffiths , Garin Jenkins and Laurance Delaney is complemented by corresponding forward mobility and the consequent winning of clean , quick loose ball .
8 Millions of us would love to be in your position .
9 Part of me would love to be in a relationship , but I 'm cautious about getting involved , even though I desperately want to be loved .
10 Batty said : ‘ I 'd love to be out there helping the lads .
11 There 's also the soft side , the Bill Morrison who is reduced to tears by Harry Secombe — ‘ I 'd love to be as good as him ’ and the Bill Morrison who confesses in an unguarded moment that as an epitaph he 'd like the description that appeared in a recent Times leader about him : ‘ a man they can trust ’ .
12 ‘ I 'm a free agent and like any other driver I 'd love to be in the Williams . ’
13 ‘ The injury has come at a time when I would love to be looking forward to making my home debut against Forest .
14 How I would love to be proved wrong by any one of them but parents and boys deserve my honest opinion , however much they may hate me for it .
15 ‘ I 'd love to be considered a novelty act .
16 If you find me more time , or get an extra teacher in the department , I 'd love to be doing better .
17 I 'd love to be like my mother .
18 Actually , I 'm in a situation now where I 'd love to be celibate … but I really love sex .
19 Cardus would love to be able to name one other rival — the man whose contest with Cardus for the 1990 250 title was the biggest attraction of last season .
20 you know , where I belong , I , I do n't quite honestly do n't really like Harlow New Town any more , I al I did up until about oh eight or nine years ago I thought it was a great place and all , all the cockneys that said , you know , oh I 'd love to be back in London , I thought they were barmy , you know to live in London the di the difference is , I mean my husband 's a cockney and he would n't , would never , well now he would never go back to London you know , it 's a dump , he , he likes Harlow , but er I think I do n't like it now because it 's expanded so much , you know when we , when we were first here , mind you when we first moved in it was ever so difficult for us kids because , there , there was the Old Town kids versus the New Town kids and they hated us , they really
21 I would erm love to be able to offer them something that had the sanction of the whole church and the weight of the church behind it erm which could satisfy the longing for me to do this .
22 ‘ I would love to be in partnership with someone who would do all the work , and leave me 50 per cent .
23 I 'd love to be a teacher !
24 I know you were proud to give Anne away , and I 'd love to be with you and all the family , but we only have two days ’ leave .
25 Joanna Wood , 48A Pimlico Road , SW1 , is one of those shops that sells charming fripperies , the sort of place where you can be sure of finding the very thing for someone who would prefer to buy their own toaster but who would love to be given a Limoges breakfast set or monogrammed shoe-bag .
26 Although I would love to be able to take regular trips to the countryside , I am often unable to indulge myself in this luxury and so instead I choose to walk and cycle through Richmond Park in London .
27 ‘ I would love to be able to do something creative like that . ’
28 ‘ But I would also love to be captain here again and I make no secret of the fact . ’
29 But I would dearly love to be a fly on the wall during his meeting with ‘ The Godfathers ’ to hear what answers they can dredge from their souls when faced with the ruthless and uncompromising compassion of that awesome man .
30 ‘ I would love to be included , ’ she said .
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