Example sentences of "[modal v] have liked [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ah 'd have liked to take a look around the Archaeological Museum , but Ah fear we 'd never make it in time through the rush-hour traffic . |
| 2 | If there 'd been room , I 'd have liked to print a ring of 18 mutants around the central tree . |
| 3 | She would have liked to take a look at the city 's cathedral square on which Castrum Babenberg , the castle of Bamberg , had once stood . |
| 4 | I would have liked to see a slightly higher register developed , moving more towards a normative academic usage and away from the predominantly plain-language lexis which characterises the work . |
| 5 | He would have liked to exchange a few words with Cedric Downes at Oxford — surely a man suffering from the same kind of trouble ? |
| 6 | Said Mr Costain : ‘ We would have liked to build a replacement with a wooden verandah and steps , but it ca n't be done in this day and age , so we had to build a concrete one like Fort Knox . ’ |
| 7 | It is no secret that Zeneca would have liked to launch a straightforward international equity issue , to increase its receipts . |
| 8 | In a further six cases ( one in Newham , five in Ipswich ) the development officer said she would have liked to provide a little extra help but a support worker was rejected by the client or his informal carer ; and since they did not require the kind of direct help which the development officer could provide , she merely visited occasionally to check whether or not the situation was breaking down . |
| 9 | He would have liked to have a girl of his own in there , instead of all the dull books to review , and the first scribblings of the rough draft of his new novel . |