Example sentences of "like [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second is that it does not adequately take account of the sad fact of life that health authorities may on occasion find that they have too few resources , either human or material or both , to treat all the patients whom they would like to treat in the way in which they would like to treat them . |
| 2 | I would like to thank for the enthusiasm and commitment she has given to her ante-natal classes and I know that past ‘ students ’ will have been greatly reassured during their pregnancies by , appreciated her teaching and enjoyed her sense of humour . |
| 3 | When the Archimandrite suggested that the two ladies might like to lodge at the monastery that night , she was briefly dismissive ; when he pressed his offer of hospitality further , she was brusque . |
| 4 | Adding the constraint to problem 6 means that we would like to pivot in the x 3 -row of P1/LP6 . |
| 5 | ‘ It is up to the manager to decide how often that is , but I would like to continue from the start in our next match . ’ |
| 6 | So if you 'd like to go down the stairs there there are some coats oh your coats and things and I will er go and come and join you and we 'll we 'll take off and look at the outside . |
| 7 | I would like to go into the country . |
| 8 | If you 'd like to go into the next room , please . |
| 9 | It 's a good sport for women to play in and there 's lots of developments going on in the sport and we would like to go into the under sixteens and the under twelves . |
| 10 | ‘ I expect it 's private , so perhaps you 'd like to go into the dining-room ? |
| 11 | I 'd like to go into the farmer business . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd like to go under the machines instead of you . ’ |
| 13 | Only this week a survey by Gallup showed one in five would like to go under the knife , despite the attendant risks of internal bleeding and excessive scar tissue from poorly performed operations . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd like to go over the house , ’ he said , ‘ only breaking and entering 's not in my line . |
| 15 | When they got back to the hotel , Damian strode through the foyer , saying curtly , ‘ I 'd like to go over the minutes you took at the board meeting yesterday . ’ |
| 16 | Well could I have comments on the principle or principles of er by using criteria and then I 'd like to go through the individual criteria or individual criterion one by one . |
| 17 | In other words you essentially had the choice on the spot of saying , ‘ Yes , I certainly did it , and here 's my fiver or whatever it is , ’ or ‘ No I do n't agree with you and I would like to go through the proper judicial procedures . ’ |
| 18 | Erm well she said , would you like to go on the computer ? and I said , fine , okay . |
| 19 | Although peace and love is one aspect of me , I thought I 'd like to go with the sinners : people like Laing and Trocchi . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Would you like to go to the Cathedral ? |
| 21 | She hesitated for a moment , then said , ‘ I met Sid Watkins in Berkeley today and he asked me if I would like to go to the Licensed Victuallers Dinner at the Princes Hotel with him tonight . |
| 22 | ‘ Would you like to go to the dance at the Regency ? ’ lie asked . |
| 23 | Would you like to go to the old rink to do some skating ? [ drink ] |
| 24 | When , diffidently , he asked her if she would like to go to the pictures with him one evening , her immediate acceptance seemed to surprise them both . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | In the meantime , tell me , has … has he ever said anything to you except askin' you if you would like to go to the fair ? ’ |
| 27 | Millie did not answer straightaway ; then , thought fully , she said , ‘ I thought I might like to go to the day school . |
| 28 | I 'd like to go to the missions abroad , Thérèse mused : that would be the most exciting . |
| 29 | What if she decides she would like to go to the cottage ? ’ |
| 30 | I would like to go to the town today , and she 's awfully she 's no the day and they tend to go up at the end . |