Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] like [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have referred to enforcement more than once already since I became president , and I should like to leave the Institute 's ethical support services for another occasion . |
| 2 | ‘ A most dramatic turn of events ! ’ he began and then , becoming aware of Madame Gauthier 's fiercely disapproving frown , he gave a conciliatory bow and said , with a meaning glance in Dora 's direction , ‘ If Madame will permit , I should like to use the salon for a few more minutes . ’ |
| 3 | At this stage I should like to thank the committee collectively for the tremendous amount of hard work and dedication put in during the year , and for the support which I have received . |
| 4 | If I may be predictable for a moment , I should like to welcome the benefit increases . |
| 5 | To complement the quotation from Winston Churchill 's reply to the debate on the then Coal Mines ( Eight Hours ) Bill that was given by the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras , I should like to draw the House 's attention to other words of Winston Churchill in the same speech , which are as self-evidently true today as they were then : ’ We have reminded the hon. Gentleman of it often ; but why should cheapness of production always be achieved at the expense of the human factor ? |
| 6 | I should like to live in a community , Eleanor Thorne decided , I should like to taste the fruits of life in a small home , a retirement home , an old people 's house , whatever it might be called . |
| 7 | I should like to see the Home Office introduce what is called the side-handled baton . |
| 8 | I should like to see the rivers that flow into the estuary — and indeed the entire Bristol channel — cleaned . |
| 9 | ‘ If there is any fighting in Europe , I should like to see the Bolshies and the Nazis doing it . ’ |
| 10 | I should like to see the children , if I may . ’ |
| 11 | Please , yes , I should like to see the room . ’ |
| 12 | Finally , I should like to ask the Secretary of State what progress has been made in an area where I believe it would be sensible to take action . |
| 13 | In conclusion I should like to ask the author if the chest had a bottom . |
| 14 | Sir , — With reference to your report on the Bell Hill Common ‘ facelift ’ — I should like to correct the impression given that Petersfield has no branch of the Hampshire Wildlife Trust . |
| 15 | It is with interest , that I read Amanda Archibald 's recently published notes of her thoughts as a U.K. citizen , now living and working in the U.S.A. By all accounts , she has been profoundly impressed , and she has done a good job in introducing ‘ Contact ’ readers to some of the many positive aspects of living as an expatriate in the U.S.A. As a person proud to enjoy dual nationality of Canada and England , however , I should like to redress the balance somewhat , and question some of Amanda 's blanket statements . |
| 16 | But I should like to emphasize the point that expansion beyond two thousand and six is regarded by as having considerable relevance . |
| 17 | I should like to add the rider , ‘ for the joy and well-being of those who dwell therein ’ . |
| 18 | As chair of the London group of Labour Members of Parliament , I should like to consider the difficulties being experienced by other London boroughs . |
| 19 | Without wishing to rule out the first option I should like to consider the second , to examine the possibilities of indirect leverage over investment decisions . |
| 20 | I should like to congratulate the panel on doctrine on the very difficult job they did in handling all these responses from kirk session . |
| 21 | ‘ I should like to believe the legend , ’ said Fergus slowly . |
| 22 | I should like to discuss the reasons for this a little later , but first I want to discuss the teaching of English . |
| 23 | I should like to discuss the points you 've raised with him . ’ |
| 24 | I might like to perform the tracing . ’ |
| 25 | But going on I 'd like to pick the point made er from the Department of Environment about the exceptions policy and the way they envisage it . |
| 26 | I 'd like to re-phrase the question what is holy in communion ? |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd like to put the police on their track , I would , racing along country roads like that , without a thought for people 's lives and limbs . |
| 28 | And I 'd like to ask the panel , what possibilities there are of getting a nationwide campaign listing all the hospitals that 's under threat ? |
| 29 | I 'd like to ask the convenor erm how would he have er replied to a young woman who came to me fairly recently whose husband had just left home by mutual agreement , and for the sake of their children and er she said to me after he had gone er that the home was a much happier place now that there was , they had been freed from the tension that they had been going through in a very difficult time . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd like to visit the warehouse , at Gzira , ’ she began without preamble . |