Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] much [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you know I should very much like to return to work in some secretarial capacity at Yorhaul Limited after my baby 's birth and naturally wish to claim maternity pay , so please take this letter as formal notice of these matters as required under the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 . |
| 2 | Although the Commission is a statutory body with a wide remit to promote the interests of crofters , it is so tightly bound by the rule of ‘ ultra vires ’ and treasury control , that it could not devote a minuscule sum to an experiment the results of which were endorsed by the Chief Inspector of Schools for the North and Highland Division , who wrote ‘ I should very much like to see continued the special educational merits of the scheme , challenge without competition , linkage of school and community in common effort , availability of expert advice to schools as they link theory with practice , financial assistance for bigger Projects , commitments which continue ’ . |
| 3 | Though I confess there is probably a story there that I should very much like to hear . ’ |
| 4 | I 'd very much like to borrow that shirt sometime . |
| 5 | Certainly , I 'd I 'd very much like to agree with what that lady said . |
| 6 | That links to a question I 'd very much like to put to you , Geoffrey , and that is the British concept of doing the decent thing — I have the impression that that is almost the uniquely British concept . |
| 7 | I said , ‘ I 'd very much like to see some of her work . ’ |
| 8 | I would 've said that , but last night this meeting said they 'd very much like to see a officer in a car because they do n't see anybody at the moment |
| 9 | ‘ He 'd very much like to take over , but it 's the last thing I want . ’ |
| 10 | Full details from Editor : We 'd very much like to hear from others who have come up with profitable solutions to this seasonal problem . |
| 11 | ‘ Frankly , apart from Antonio Demontis , the terrible brother , who 's being watched , we do n't have any real suspects — though I 'd very much like to know where Piladu 's son and Scano 's boy have got to . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd very much like to know , ’ he said , ‘ what Masklin has been doing these past few weeks … ’ |
| 13 | Fifth , last night was the most important night of my life so far , and I 'd very much like to know if you meant what you said to me when we were making love , Virginia . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd very much like to know the extent of your experience . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd too much pride to do anything else . |
| 16 | In a Commons statement , Mr Clarke said : ‘ We would very much prefer to see a full accident and emergency service provided by trained ambulancemen , but that is impossible while the unions continue to insist on the 14 conditions which they have imposed . |
| 17 | Lieutenant Justin Freeland , 25 , hit in the arm by shrapnel , said : ‘ I would very much liked to have returned fire but we could not pinpoint the enemy . ’ |
| 18 | Although it is not original , and you have in the past done this for us several times , we would very much like to use one of your paintings for our 1992 Christmas Card . |
| 19 | Yes , he would very much like to stroke her . |
| 20 | I would very much like to pick up the ball and run with it as to whether this policy is necessary or not . |
| 21 | If a BCRS member has a copy , then I would very much like to borrow it , or perhaps it could be published in the Journal . |
| 22 | For example , he says that he would very much like to record the Berg Violin Concerto ( ‘ another piece that 's difficult to programme ’ ) , but the trouble is finding a coupling that will bring the disc up to a respectable length . |
| 23 | Mr and Mrs Coombs live in Dorset and they would very much like to sell off some of their land for building . |
| 24 | I would very much like to see a copy of this book and also , if possible , some sample units from the second book : ‘ Talking about the Past ’ . |
| 25 | In view of the point of order raised by the hon. Member for Northampton , North ( Mr. Marlow ) , I ought to make it clear that we would very much like to see an investigation of the missing pension funds . |
| 26 | Coun Mrs Harker said : ‘ I would very much like to see more speed limits on all the roads coming into West Auckland . |
| 27 | Oh , I would very much like to go away . |
| 28 | She is asthmatic so I would very much like to get in touch with people who have had experience of an asthmatic child . |
| 29 | Glimpsed working up a sweat were designer JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER , HOOKY and the OTHER TWO from New Order , CHRISTOPHER QUENTIN and hiding in the gloom was a small figure in a baseball cap with his hands in his pockets … a man Carter would very much like to have half an hour with … a man who went unnoticed due to the abundance of facial hair under his proboscis … yes , it was the rocking grandad himself , MICK JAGGER ! |
| 30 | ‘ I would very much like to have a meeting with you in the New Year , Stephen . |