Example sentences of "[pron] would like the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like the Prime Minister to visit Wallsend because he visited the neighbouring Conservative-held constituency and saw the destruction arising from the Meadowell riots as a result of 13 years of Thatcherism . |
| 2 | I would like the same amount of performance as from the petrol engine therefore I do not really want a Land Rover Diesel . |
| 3 | Then I overcame my shyness and said I would like the coloured wool from the trunk upstairs . |
| 4 | No one asks the woman in the part-time job in the bookshop whether she would like the extra maternity leave and all the rest of the baggage , or whether she would prefer to keep her job . |
| 5 | One would like the additional information to be conclusive so that the success or failure of the project could be predicted with certainty . |
| 6 | One would like the additional information to be conclusive so that the success or failure of the project could be predicted with certainty . |
| 7 | Hopes that a woman would make it to the last hurdle are receding as the Soviets have made it clear they would like the two candidates to be of the same sex . |
| 8 | Asked about the mechanics of milk collection when the milk boards go , Mr Wiseman , said ideally he would like the present system to remain in place . |
| 9 | He would like the nine captains of the Test playing nations to decide on an elite panel of say , 16 umpires . |
| 10 | To take a few examples : J. Uvedale asked Thomas Cromwell in 1537 to find him a place with the King or with Prince Edward ; Ralph Sadler asked Cromwell to help him obtain from the Bishop of London the keepership of a park in Essex ; John Varney wanted Cromwell to get the King 's signature approving his petition for a life patent of his stewardship of Berkhamsted and King 's Langley ; Lord Sheffield hinted to Robert Cecil that he would like the vacant position of Lord Chamberlain ; and so on . |