Example sentences of "would have like [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I would have liked to have seen a bit more about 9 Sqn 's contribution to the Tirpitz attacks , I appreciate that this is a book about 617 Sqn . |
| 2 | I mean what you 're looking for is a reduction or what you would have liked to have seen a reduction in the land allocation for employment needs , and yet in the other breath you are saying to North Yorkshire , you should really cater for one hundred percent migration . |
| 3 | ‘ I would have liked to have seen a few more North and Mid Wales sides near the top of the league , ’ he says . |
| 4 | He would have liked to have made a run for Mexico but he had work to do , and there was n't a chance of their surviving that long a race against the hurricane . |
| 5 | Dot would have liked to have had a hand to hold . |
| 6 | They would have liked to have had a baby together , but she lost triplets , was very ill , and it seemed a family was not to be . |
| 7 | Sandys would have liked to have established a similarly unified headquarters at Singapore , but determined Naval opposition thwarted him . |
| 8 | She would have liked to have wed a Jewish boy , primarily for mother 's sake , but fate had decreed otherwise . |
| 9 | He would have liked to have taken a doggy bag to restaurants and collar extras he could n't quite fit in , like garlic bread , crusty granary rolls and After Eights . |
| 10 | He would have liked to have put a hand on her shoulder now to comfort her . |