Example sentences of "he would like the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The speech he had been given was way off the mark , and he would like the truth . |
| 2 | Mr Murray made it clear yesterday that he would like the counties to accept the whole plan , not just parts of it as has happened with earlier committees . |
| 3 | But sixteen days later , on 18 February 1756 , Miller quickly wrote to apologise for giving the wrong name of the ship by which he had sent seeds , roses and cedar cones , and also to thank Bartram for his letter of 9 December in which he mentioned he would like the Norway Maple . |
| 4 | Darwin if he read this book would scarcely recognize his own original theory in it , though I hope he would like the way I put it . |
| 5 | He would like the nine captains of the Test playing nations to decide on an elite panel of say , 16 umpires . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He hummed and sounded quite at ease , so Fred asked if he would like the record . |
| 8 | There was no point in asking him if he would like the curtains drawn . |
| 9 | I am aware that the President of Ukraine has made the point that he would like his republic to be a non-nuclear state and that he would like the west to assist with the process of dismantling and destruction . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He then goes on to say that he would like the plebeians to believe him because he is an honourable man , they respect him and to remember his honourable reputation so that they are more ready to believe him . |