Example sentences of "[modal v] like [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was too concerned that people should like him to be really frightening . |
| 2 | ‘ I should like it to be true . ’ |
| 3 | We should like it to be officially proclaimed by each university that in all its examinations the quality of the English written or spoken by candidates , especially its lucidity and its fitness to the subject , will carry great weight with examiners . |
| 4 | I should like it to be understood that we in Northern Ireland do not expect our tourism promotion to be taken over by Bord Failte . |
| 5 | The longer scheme is widely thought to be better and I should like it to be more at the centre of the proposals , as I want the environment as a whole to be at the centre . |
| 6 | When I decided to grant this private notice question , I took it to be a serious matter and I should like it to be taken seriously . |
| 7 | You might think this a true conversation-stopper but the Queen has a comeback : ‘ I should like us to be friends . ’ |
| 8 | This is all to the good but there are a few bare bones we should like you to ‘ gnaw on ’ just in case complacency sets in ! |
| 9 | I thought you an' Dolly might like it for yer supper tonight , but what 'appened ? |
| 10 | He wants a quick sale , and there 's a friend of his who thinks he might like it for a weekend cottage . |
| 11 | All self sacrifice is good , but one could like it to be in a somewhat nobler cause than that of a diabolical law which chains a man body and soul to a putrefying carcass . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd be able to come and see you oftener — if you 'd like me to , Arty . ’ |
| 13 | I can hold my end of the conversation from here , if you 'd like me to . ’ |
| 14 | Uncertain whether to admit his pleasure at being asked to assist , he said merely , ‘ If you 'd like me to . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I can stay for three weeks , if you 'd like me to , ’ she said . |
| 16 | ‘ But if you 'd like me to be rude , I can assure you you 're the last person I wanted to bump into . ’ |
| 17 | and he said ah no problem I can order it for you if you 'd like me to so I said I would and he said he 'd phone me when er |
| 18 | John Lee Hooker wo n't be with us forever , however much we 'd like him to be . |
| 19 | It brought me up against the fact that I 'd like him to be better off so I could have more options . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd like him to bear his rightful name , I 'd like him to be able to say which family he comes from , I 'd like him to hold his head up high in any company — but I wo n't be bounced into a sham of a marriage , not even for five minutes . |
| 21 | I 'd like him to be my lover in the afterlife ’ — Historian Jan Morris discussing the subject of her latest work , Lord Fisher , Admiral of the Fleet . |
| 22 | I 'm the father of a two year old and I 'd like him in school by the age of four to learn Japanese . |
| 23 | People are very seldom exactly what you 'd like them to be |
| 24 | I 'd like them to be able to walk to school , and that 's what they could do if this school was open . |
| 25 | I 'm sure Ma would help you with that , if you 'd like her to . |
| 26 | I 'd like her to be able to see as much as possible , without rushing . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ And tell the coffee ladies that we 'd like ours in , say , three-quarters of an hour ? ’ |
| 28 | Somebody once said that if angelism , sharing the gospel was one beggar telling another beggar about bread , where it could be found and undoubtedly when he was saying that he was thinking of that story that account that we had read to us earlier from the second book of kings , chapter seven , and I 'd like us to er turn back to us for a few moments this morning and perhaps draw some lessons for ourselves Sometimes as Christians its very easier for us to say what sins are , and we can see other people 's failings , you do n't have to be a Christian to do that of course , plenty of other people can do that , they see the failings of other people , they see the wrong doing they do , they see their wickedness their , their waywardness , whatever words we want to use to describe it , and we say well that is sin , perhaps for most of us this morning we could make er a list a , a , a tabulate a table of sins and we might say well they are worse sins and there are lesser sins and I would I suppose by and large there would be a fairly reasonable consensus of opinion regarding what was sins and what were not sins . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd like us to be friends , ’ he said , his voice low , his face close to hers . |
| 30 | But we probably do n't inspect and give advice to people who 'd like us to , because they 're not a priority , and we do n't have the resources to do that . |