Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] like [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ By the way , landlord , my friend and I should like to hire a room here tomorrow evening , for about an hour , from seven-thirty . |
| 2 | " I should like to visit a boutique , " said Heinrich . |
| 3 | At this point , I should like to clarify a question or two which the reader may find puzzling , such as anti-semitism . |
| 4 | Certainly I should like to see a branch in Leicester . |
| 5 | I should like to suggest a way in which it is possible to give something for nothing . |
| 6 | 'I think I should like to have a look at it , ’ says Serafin very politely , ‘ if I might . ’ |
| 7 | I should like to have a ride down and see that new bridge now . |
| 8 | And then I should like to buy a cow perhaps and maybe a pig . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I should like to buy a sponge before they all go . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well , ’ said Dyson , chewing hard , ‘ 1 must admit that I should like to make a name for myself , just for its own sake . ’ |
| 11 | I should like to make a couple of points about the Bill 's two substantive provisions before turning to its hidden agenda . |
| 12 | Therefore , I should like to make a suggestion , which I know will be regarded as special pleading . |
| 13 | With permission , Mr. Speaker , I should like to make a statement on public expenditure in Scotland . |
| 14 | With permission , Mr. Speaker , I should like to make a statement on the European Council in Maastricht which I attended with my right hon. Friends the Foreign Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 15 | With permission , Mr. Speaker , I should like to make a statement about the Government 's legislative intentions , following the consultation on the Green Paper ’ Industrial Relations in the 1990s ’ , which was published in July last year . |
| 16 | With permission , Mr. Speaker , I should like to make a statement about President Yeltsin 's visit to London on 30 January and about the special meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on 31 January . |
| 17 | ‘ Accepting — if I am to consent , I should like to make a condition or two — ‘ |
| 18 | She suggested I might like to write a letter to head office . |
| 19 | It never seemed to enter their minds that someone might like to buy a pair of trousers from Sex and a shirt from somewhere else . |
| 20 | Marvel at The Little Woman Behind The Man : ‘ I 'd like to sing a song fer a special girlfriend who 's kinda important to me . ’ |
| 21 | You know , I 'd like to ask a question , why is it so , why is it so frightening to spoil yourself ? , why is it such a , a wrong thing to spoil yourself , erm we 've been talking about make up we 've been talking about |
| 22 | I 'd like to ask a question please of Mr . |
| 23 | Er I 'm sorry , I wa I was n't gon na come in on this but er I 've heard rubbish from Mr and I 'd like to ask a question . |
| 24 | Halfway back to Tunbridge Wells , Charlotte said suddenly : ‘ I 'd like to visit a bookshop . ’ |
| 25 | I 'd like to move a petition containing four , two hundred and forty nine signatures of residents of Broadstone who request a ped pedestrian crossing on Broadstone Lane near road . |
| 26 | I 'd like to move a petition containing two hundred and forty four signatures and my name on the green order page and I ask that it be referred to the environment committee for consideration . |
| 27 | I 'd like to move a petition containing seven hundred and twelve signatures , residents of Broadstone who request the installation of a pedestrian crossing on Broadstone Lane , bottom end of Shakespeare Drive and propose that it is passed on to the environment committee for consideration . |
| 28 | And I 'd like to give a challenge to either er Michael Allison or any of the other MPs to come and live in my little bungalow for And exist on that rate for a week . |
| 29 | I 'd like to give a copy to the school library . ’ |
| 30 | Shelley swallowed the lump in her throat and said hoarsely , trying to be businesslike , ‘ I 'll accept that , because I thought instead of flying home I 'd like to hire a car and drive up to the north — see something of the rest of the country . ’ |