Example sentences of "should like to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should like to be constructive and we shall consider with our allies how best we can respond . |
| 2 | I should like to be sure that the child Barbara is carrying is my grandchild , not your bastard . ’ |
| 3 | The question we should like to be able to answer is , therefore , what suddenly created such a new , unheard of , situation in the religious life of antiquity . |
| 4 | Laocoon suffers ; but he suffers like Sophocles ' Philoctetes ; his misery pierces us to the soul ; but we should like to be able to bear anguish in the manner of this great man . |
| 5 | There is a meeting of the Parish Council on 16th July and I should like to be able to bring your reply to that meeting . |