Example sentences of "we [modal v] like [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is all to the good but there are a few bare bones we should like you to ‘ gnaw on ’ just in case complacency sets in ! |
| 2 | We should like it to be officially proclaimed by each university that in all its examinations the quality of the English written or spoken by candidates , especially its lucidity and its fitness to the subject , will carry great weight with examiners . |
| 3 | John Lee Hooker wo n't be with us forever , however much we 'd like him to be . |
| 4 | ‘ And tell the coffee ladies that we 'd like ours in , say , three-quarters of an hour ? ’ |
| 5 | We 're an open community in this house now and we 'd like you to be a member , would n't we , Alison . |
| 6 | When we fix a date , we 'd like you to be bridesmaid . ’ |
| 7 | We would like you to spell-out what the words mean for all of us , especially for those in the local situation where people see their primary role as fundraisers . |
| 8 | On the Saturday 4.30–5.45 we would like you to ‘ do ’ a session . |
| 9 | It is one thing to realize that our faith will always be weaker than we would like it to be , but it is quite another to insist that our faith must be weaker than it can afford to be . |
| 10 | In fact , it is particularly important for any popular movement to avoid the all-too-tempting trap of merely asserting that the law is what we would like it to be . |
| 11 | Dave said : ‘ The Tap and Spile legend lives on even though the Greenside will not be as we would like it until mid-summer . ’ |
| 12 | We tend to assess people through what they say and the way they say it , to come to conclusions about whether we will like someone from the way they present themselves in words . |