Example sentences of "liked [to-vb] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sandys would have liked to have unified the policy direction and command of the three Services as part of his Reformation . |
| 2 | He 'd , I think he would have liked to have gone the four hour trip over I did n't think you 'd like that . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I would have liked to have seen a few more North and Mid Wales sides near the top of the league , ’ he says . |
| 6 | Many of us would have liked to have seen the savings that were made , recycling of the passenger transport area . |
| 7 | I 'd have liked to have cut the face off of him with a few choice words . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She would have liked to have made the truth plain — that the feeling , though not one to be taken too seriously , was mutual . |
| 10 | You would have liked to have extended the business a little m more then , would you ? |
| 11 | ‘ I would have liked to have finished the season with a win but , in the end , we did just enough to win the league . ’ |
| 12 | Dot would have liked to have had a hand to hold . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He would have liked to have put a hand on her shoulder now to comfort her . |
| 16 | Sandys would have liked to have established a similarly unified headquarters at Singapore , but determined Naval opposition thwarted him . |
| 17 | I would have liked to have shown the audience last night the footage that I did in Panama . |
| 18 | He 'd have quite liked to have spent the night on the couch in Polly 's living room , as he had for the last few months of their marriage , but it had not been offered as an option and he supposed it was just as well . |
| 19 | He wanted to write something which would be profoundly true and he would have liked to have corrected the image of Modigliani which developed very early on in a number of dubious publications . |
| 20 | But I would have liked to have got the napkins to match , but she said they do n't come in with the napkins . |
| 21 | She would have liked to have wed a Jewish boy , primarily for mother 's sake , but fate had decreed otherwise . |