Example sentences of "like [to-vb] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 One of your problems in this case is Fred , the chef : no doubt you would like to see him replaced by someone else who is equally skilled but a lot easier to work with .
2 We did what we could but , ideally , I 'd like to see him moved to a proper unit , specialising in orthopaedics .
3 Deane and Rodders up front again I du n no I 'd like to see him try for a goal poacher or someone like Ferds .
4 We 'd like to see them remain as houses .
5 I 'd like to see them get in there and try it .
6 He wished it were Perdita at the end of the rope , he 'd like to see her crashing to the ground over and over again .
7 Because you 'd like to see me suffer for what you believe I did to Ryan !
8 On the question of the public conveniences erm I feel there 's been a lot of discussion about this , this kind of issue and I feel that what we 've got now is a good agreement erm , we 've got still providing a good level of service with attendance at the central I do n't like referring to conveniences , at the time that they are most needed and I think that now I would n't like to see us go without that if we do n't really need to .
9 It really is something that I would like to see us achieve in the future and if this can be brought forward by meeting the developer down there , then I would be , certainly be in favour of that and I would certainly like , and this is what we said at this meeting , to find out a little more detail of exactly what they were offering but we have to be minded all the time , as I said again , is how we 're going to acquire permission to go over one or two different land owners ' lands .
10 I think lots of men would like to see us accepted at Lords .
11 Do n't like to see you upset like this .
12 ‘ I should like to see you settled before Mr Carson and I return to England .
13 The Panel operates outside the financial services legislation in the UK , although some would like to see it brought within the statutory framework .
14 This will restore most of the rights sought by the union movement as a reward for their loyalty , and Mr Lyons would like to see it signed on Friday .
15 I would like to have more information from the County , or anyone else from the table for that matter , how this figure 's going to be split , clearly P P G requires it to be split between district , and I 'd like to see it split on that basis .
16 Klaus Schubert , technicaldirector at MAN , says his company would like to see it reduced to 0.02 per cent , but recognises that 0.05 per cent is a more realistic level .
17 Di Revelle from the Red Cross says I 'd like to see it introduced in schools and taken up by the community .
18 ‘ I do n't like to hear you talk like that , Peggy .
19 The original engine I have kept as a spare and would like to convert it to run on unleaded petrol , could you please inform me where to get drawings or information on conversion .
20 Finally , we would like to keep you informed about our work by sending you our latest news every quarter .
21 Before item one , I 'd like to propose we break for lunch as near as one o'clock as business allows .
22 I would like to invite you to apply for a very different and distinctive credit card .
23 Less and less did Nonconformists like to have it said of them as was said of the Primitive Methodist evangelist and erstwhile coal-miner , James Flanagan , ‘ He waited not for an abundance of knowledge but used what he possessed ’ .
24 I am a bit bemused about the definition of a student and should like to have it clarified for England , Wales and Scotland .
25 Thank you Chairman erm I would like I know that you 've been listening to the first er part of our session this afternoon , erm and I 'd like to ask you to discuss with us one of the questions that we asked the group the Pension Fund erm and that 's to discuss the balance of power that exists between the employer and the various groups and classes of pensioner .
26 I , of course , would like to tell him to go to hell and keep his job , but I ca n't afford such proud gestures .
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