Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pers pn] [vb mod] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Father Kipling mentioned that he 'd like to help you . |
| 2 | ‘ You mentioned that you would like to continue working during your pregnancy . ’ |
| 3 | Zeinab agreed that she would like a coffee and Mahmoud wanted to talk about what they had seen , so they stopped the arabeah when they reached the Ismailiya Quarter with its more Westernized restaurants into which women could go , and got out . |
| 4 | They closed into a scrum and after much teeth-sucking and muttering announced that they 'd like to have a new biopsy performed on the splendid , raised node on my thigh . |
| 5 | After the improvement GA announced that it would like to seek further capital to finance possible expansion . |
| 6 | A few weeks ago the Secretary of State , Sir Keith Joseph , announced that he would like schools and the educational world generally , to explore whether they could define specific objectives for particular subjects . |
| 7 | I 'd like to thank and , I 'd like it minuted that I 'd like to thank , our Councillors and County Council Councillors because they are getting the reports in now . |
| 8 | And they reiterated that they would like Becky to stay in for tests but Jenny could come home , and Becky was a bit jaundiced you see . |
| 9 | and Joan came over she came over about a week or so after , not , not much more than a week , and she sat there and she said oh well yeah I 'll have one of your , he asked if we 'd like a sweet , she said yeah I 'll have one dad . |
| 10 | One morning a carter and his son were delivering a load of firewood and Grandmother asked if they would like a slice of pudding before they left . |
| 11 | He stood up slowly , asked if they would like coffee , made his way out of the room when they accepted the offer . |
| 12 | Women on the way to FAMILY 'S housework classes would be stopped by feminists and asked if they would like to do karate or woodwork instead ; new fiancées would receive congratulatory cards in the post , enclosing leaflets outlining the legal rights of wives , while their startled boyfriends got anonymous warnings to behave . |
| 13 | I asked if he would like a coffee , or to be taken home , but he could only shake his head . |
| 14 | He hummed and sounded quite at ease , so Fred asked if he would like the record . |
| 15 | She poured a glass of Perrier water for herself and asked if he would like to smoke some pot . |
| 16 | The judge asked if he 'd like 12 months . |
| 17 | He even asked if you 'd like to stay for lunch . |
| 18 | ‘ He said he would be seeing Mr Moi in Bonn the following week , and asked if I would like him to set up a meeting with the president . |
| 19 | When I was in a fit state she asked if I would like to talk to her . |
| 20 | One of them asked if I would like some beetroot . |
| 21 | With that she lifted the latch , but before opening the door she turned to me and asked if I would like to go shopping with her . |
| 22 | I did n't understand what she meant by this but she smiled and asked if I would like to go to the ‘ flicks ’ the following Saturday . |
| 23 | They asked if I would like to be gallery secretary . |
| 24 | I showed her my book of poems , ‘ The Grimm Sisters ’ , and she asked if I 'd like to work with a choreographer on a ‘ dance piece ’ which would be a grown-up Christmas show with words and music and story , but mainly dance . |
| 25 | The green one asked if I 'd like a vomit bowl . |
| 26 | Another time I passed a colleague in the corridor , and he asked if I 'd like to go to his wedding . |
| 27 | Then , last summer , Claudia our Italian friend stayed with us and Jeane asked if she would like to come to the Community Church . |
| 28 | He hesitated a minute and then asked if she would like him to examine her . |
| 29 | Sue said a lorry from the area would be going to Brasov and without stopping to think , Christine asked if she would like to take some wool . |
| 30 | Only later , much later , when Penman knocked and asked if she would like tea , did it strike her that she had no idea why Michael Swinton had really called . |