Example sentences of "[pron] wish to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish to be at home with you indeed , indeed-my Joy is only in the bud here I am like that Tree , which fronts me — The Sun shines bright & warm , as if it were summer — but it is not summer & so it shines on leafless boughs . |
| 2 | Epictetus said , ‘ This is what I wish to be engaged in when death finds me , so that I may be able to say to God , ‘ Have I in any respect transgressed Thy commands ? |
| 3 | The wordings used for trusts are essentially these : ‘ I entrust ’ , ‘ I request ’ , ‘ I wish to be given ’ , and so on . |
| 4 | I wish to be a good man and a Christian , but I am no Whig , no Reformist , no Republican . ’ |
| 5 | I wish to be wholly responsible for my acts , to be master of my fate ; I shall make my own choice of ends , distance myself from my own reactions and learn to manipulate them like external events . |
| 6 | Thus a note might reach the union committee asking for exemption from the quarterly meeting ( to avoid a fine ) such as the one from Mrs K. who in 1922 said " I wish to be exempt from Society meetings as I have to attend to my children in the evenings " . |
| 7 | I wish to be alone with the woman . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I wish to be directed to an hotel , tavern , lodging house , inn , hospice , caravanserai , ’ he said . |
| 9 | I have , in effect , been his wife for nine years , and now I wish to be his wife in truth . |
| 10 | I will not because I am aware of the time and I wish to be fair to other hon. Members . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know that I wish to be tossed anywhere as it happens . |
| 12 | I wish to be attached to the |
| 13 | I wish to be relatively uncontroversial about these definitions , although I realise the great philosophical problems involved in any description of I for instance.3 The indexical meaning is that which exists when we have ascribed referents to those discourse elements suggested by the symbolic meaning of a term . |
| 14 | Yes Mr Chairman , erm I shall move the obvious suggested resolution with amendments which I wish to be circulated in the last . |
| 15 | Mr later on in her evidence said , quote , I consider that after six and a half years , I deserve to have a life of my own , it is not a prison sentence , I have done nothing wrong , I wish to be free to give assistance at my choice , we can not continue to live in our present home , Michael and I can not continue to look after Anna in the way we have . |
| 16 | Q What do I do if I wish to be excused attendance at School ? |
| 17 | The policies of continuity of treaty relationships and the predictability provided by the ordering of international affairs through the conclusion of treaties , which favour succession , have to be weighed against the independence and equality of new States which wish to be freed from all legal ties concluded before independence . |
| 18 | If you wish to be included in our order and have not already told us , do so in writing WITHOUT DELAY . |
| 19 | If you wish to be able to learn and remember what you read , divide the material into reasonable sections before you begin . |
| 20 | Better still , never leave Little Puddington at all if you wish to be a wholly fulfilled and creative person . |
| 21 | If , when you do , the neighbours think you are being anti-social explain or say that you have a passion for climbing roses or clematis , or make some other excuse if you wish to be polite . |
| 22 | ‘ It would be helpful to know if you wish to be kept in touch with developments . ’ |
| 23 | This means that you drag up a documents giving directions about how you wish to be treated if later on you can not make your wishes known because you have suffered a serious accident or are very ill . |
| 24 | That you wish to be defiant and stand when you can sit , that is the attitude of your past life . ’ |
| 25 | If you wish to be included in this section of the brochure please contact the Festival office in October/November for an appropriate form ( address on page 35 ) |
| 26 | ‘ If you wish to be an academic in the UK I ca n't see a better place than Bradford . |
| 27 | You should make it clear whether you will phone back or whether you wish to be telephoned . |
| 28 | Please continue to send papers for any relevant meetings and an attempt will be made to respond to appropriate issues , if there is any specific topic you wish to be considered , please do not hesitate to get in touch so I thought that was quite a nice letter seeing as I practically read them all |
| 29 | Underlining is the recognised and usual method of marking texts in books or printed papers but , if you wish to be up-to-date , we recommend that you try highlighting instead . |
| 30 | Very simply , if you wish to be your biological age , it is vital to avoid or counteract the factors contributing to extrinsic ageing as much as possible . |