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Example sentences for "should like"

  • Oh, how I should like to see them quite close, and to know where they come from and whither they are going!

  • But first I should like to go and see the world.

  • I should like to see the king," said Prince Dolor.

  • What a lot of things there are that I should like to do!

  • There is another I should like to thank also, but he did not come back, though I cannot believe that he is dead.

  • Before we go further, sir, I should like an explanation of the events which have just transpired.

  • How he should like to have more of those little death-dealing slivers.

  • Yes, sir; I should like to have the matter settled to-day, so that Carl will know what to depend upon.

  • I should like to be within sight when he opens it.

  • I should like to examine it before it goes," put in Mrs. Crawford, spitefully.

  • What do you know about it, I should like to ask?

  • I should like, however, to ask my sisters one question: Are they quite sure that women gain by these changes?

  • After "for richer for poorer," I should like to hear a bride promise to cling to her husband "for winter for summer!

  • I should like to give a sketch of the character of this man, but it seems presumptuous to attempt such a thing upon paper, when the idea in my own mind is at best a vague and uncertain one.

  • If there is a statue to correspond I should like to see it!

  • There is very little in the cabin, but such as it is I should like it to be sold, and the money divided in the same proportion as the oil-money among the crew.

  • I should like to see this one at its best.

  • I should like to be present at your first meeting," Mrs. Worthington reflected.

  • I should like to call your attention to the Delkoff, sir,' and getting him to promise he'd never use any other, as long as he lived!

  • I should like to hear more of it all, when we have time to talk it over.

  • I should like to see," she answered him, "all that you see.

  • We clutched at him and gibbered together.

  • But there were unions less satisfactory, and Bettina had opportunities to reflect upon these also.

  • She did not believe that Rosy was ashamed of her relations.

  • Stillness brooded over it all, and they met no one.

  • Yes, she would have been at a loss, puzzled, perhaps greatly discouraged.

  • Her back was toward me--I could not see her face, though I should like to see the countenance of this savage young lioness, standing there defiant among that herd of terrified sheep.

  • I should like to visit this Camp of the Lions," I said.

  • I killed him, as I should like to kill you!

  • I should like to try which of us is the better man.

  • But I should like one or two to remain behind with me before I go overboard.

  • First I should like to clear myself of the charge of burning, if I may," said Grettir; "for I did not do it intentionally.

  • The Mouse did not answer, so Alice went on eagerly: 'There is such a nice little dog near our house I should like to show you!

  • I should like to have it explained,' said the Mock Turtle.

  • I should like it very much,' said Alice, 'but I haven't been invited yet.

  • I should like to hear her try and repeat something now.

  • I should like to have known more of them.

  • Mr. Ware became conscious of a notion that he should like to try a glass of beer.

  • I should like to feel this afternoon as if there was no such thing within a thousand miles of me as a camp-meeting.

  • I should like to, but unfortunately I am tied by the leg.

  • I cannot tell you, being but poorly trained in courtly ways, what I should like to tell you, that you might know how much your friendship means to me.

  • I've thought sometimes I should like such a chance myself," said Joel.

  • I should like to see the person who wrote this letter," he said.

  • I should like to live in the city where there's theaters, and shows, and such like.

  • I should like to have you come to New York.

  • If it is a good place, I should like to go there.

  • I should like to have seen you in my place.

  • I should like to, very much," said the young man.

  • I should like to know who's sending packages to Mrs. Hubbard in my absence.

  • I should like to have told just what Colonel Lapham thought of landscape advertising in Colonel Lapham's own words.

  • I should like to see you at it," retorted his wife.

  • I don't believe but what I should like to go along," said his wife.

  • I should like to live in THAT room if I could only get into it.

  • I should like to stay here till the evening," I said; "and then go on my journey, if you will allow me.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "should like" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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