Example sentences of "would have like [to-vb] [art] [noun] " 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 | We 'd have liked to try the LSE with Lowden 's new preamp system complete with volume and treble/bass controls on the upper bout , but none were available at the time and we 've had to make do with the non-controlled version . |
| 4 | Privily he would have liked to enjoy the fun but his heart was already labouring against the cold . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I would have liked to take the Crusades as my special subject , but my inadequacy in Latin deterred me . |
| 7 | She would have liked to take the girl in her arms and hold her for a long time . |
| 8 | Mrs Cameron said yesterday that she would have liked to see the university medical school represented on the board . |
| 9 | I would have liked to see the bungalow demolished on TV so that people who violate the laws will know in future what can happen . ’ |
| 10 | At a celebration dinner last night to mark the achievements of the century-long partnership between Essex County Council and Essex colleges , LEA chairman Ian Abbey toasted the future.He would have liked to see the LEA retain a greater input in further education , he said , but he wished the colleges to go forward in a spirit of goodwill . |
| 11 | Many others , however , ( and it 's believed this group included Orkney Islands Council ) would have liked to see the family leave South Ronaldsay altogether . |
| 12 | Perhaps the hon. Gentleman is one of those who would have liked to sign the amendment . |
| 13 | Tolkien would have liked to hear the horns of Rohan blow , and watch the Black Breath of inertia dissolve from his own country . |
| 14 | He would have liked to hear the figure of his salary ; but just as he was nervously about to sound that note the little boy came back — the little boy Mrs Moreen had sent out of the room to fetch her fan ( 3 ) He came back without the fan , only with the casual observation that he could n't find it . |
| 15 | They are either finite that clauses ( although the conjunction that may be omitted : " He had known [ that ] the poor child was not robust " ( ii ) ) ; or else infinitive clauses ( " He would have liked to hear the figure of his salary " ( 3 ) ) . |
| 16 | These express the content of Pemberton 's inner consciousness : " Pemberton gathered that the weakness was in the region of the heart " ( 10 ) : " he would have liked to hear the figure of his salary " ( 3 ) . |
| 17 | The missive was handed to the Professor , who hesitated to send it on ; he would have liked to pay the bill , but it was not certain what other extravagances the young woman would incur . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | No doubt there had long been extreme Gregorians who would have liked to abolish the homage of ecclesiastical landholders for ecclesiastical lands . |
| 20 | Doctor Lovell , who knew both women slightly , suspected that she was brow-beaten by the dominating Ella and would have liked to try the effects of an iron tonic on Dimity 's languid pallor . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Most of all Trent would have liked to know the power structure and the brains behind Louis . |