Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must also admit to being at something of a loss to explain why Darren Bicknell continues to flit between millionaires ' row and Cannery Row . |
| 2 | ACT-UP is the organisation I should most like to be part of . |
| 3 | The thing is that I should so like to be the first to know , officially … ’ |
| 4 | Theoretically he does not intend to go back into practice as an accountant , but , he concedes pragmatically , ‘ at the end of the day , with a family , I might just have to be one , whether I like it or not ’ . |
| 5 | So I mean , I 'm not gon na point the questions at anyone in particular , I 'm just like have them answered , but I might just say to is this normal for her to be late . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's frustrating but I 'll just have to be patient . ’ |
| 7 | my Lord another factual situation which I 'll simply referred to is the er on going debate in European commission or cases relating to up stream fuel , er , where there 's very little trade , erm for technical reasons because of the isolation of the United Kingdom , however the commission has searched jurisdiction over restricted competition in the market because the fuels have a direct impact upon product , erm from production costs , product down stream of which there is trade |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll never get to be a good cook . |
| 9 | But I could only attain to be thrilled and enchanted , as by the sound of a strain of music dying away . |
| 10 | ‘ True , ’ said Phoebe , ‘ but I 'd probably get to be a Union Official immediately , owing to the lack of competition in the Bayswater Chapel , and then Graham would have to give me endless paid hours off to attend to Union Business . ’ |
| 11 | Sometimes I think I 'd just love to be alone with a nice book to read and a carol service on the wireless ! |
| 12 | I 'd just like to be taller really . |
| 13 | I 'd just like to be able to repay her generosity . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd just like to be asked , that 's all ! ’ |
| 15 | It 's not that I want to be the ideal woman ; I 'd simply like to be able to walk down a street and not even think about it . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | Good , cos I 'd quite like to be off for |
| 18 | I 'd really like to be able to speak like you , you know . |
| 19 | I 'd really like to be in there . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd never want to be as big a girl as Benny Hogan . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd still like to be able to call on you . ’ |
| 22 | Even when I stop idolising him , I 'd still like to be able to tell him what pleasure his lovely voice has given me all these Saturday evenings . ’ |
| 23 | I 'd still like to be left to my own company . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ At the end of the day , it is as a songwriter that I would most like to be remembered ’ |
| 26 | ‘ At the end of the day , it is as a songwriter that I would most like to be remembered . |
| 27 | I think Mr what I would like to see , I do n't want to go too far into the history , but I would just like to be sure that er bearing in mind this complex history given on behalf of those you are representing , that the views you are putting forward are the er current views of the Parish Council as expressed in their formal minutes . |
| 28 | Instead I would just like to be able to click a single button which means assigning a macro to an appropriate icon . |
| 29 | ‘ But I would also love to be captain here again and I make no secret of the fact . ’ |
| 30 | I do n't think I would actually want to be a producer , but I know I 'm capable of doing it if I chose to . ’ |